Federal agencies will be much more careful in how they spend taxpayer funds for information technology in the future. Proposed budget cuts and a new White House initiative designed to cut $6 billion in professional services contracting underscore a significant change in IT procurement. Agencies will not only be more parsimonious regarding how much they will spend — they will also be more cautious about the way they generate IT projects, select vendors and structure contracts.
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Money Crunch Will Change the Way Federal Agencies Acquire IT
Posted by: John K. Higgins July 19, 2011 05:00 AMFederal agencies will be much more careful in how they spend taxpayer funds for information technology in the future. Proposed budget cuts and a new White House initiative designed to cut $6 billion in professional services contracting underscore a significant change in IT procurement. Agencies will not only be more parsimonious regarding how much they will spend — they will also be more cautious about the way they generate IT projects, select vendors and structure contracts.