James Krouse
James Krouse
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The Office of Management and Budget has stressed the importance of performance and measurement to all federal agencies for their budget requests and use of funds. The introduction of several programs designed to review systems and program performance has resulted in efficiencies and cost-saving efforts.
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The message delivered by OMB is that performance and measurement will play critical roles in the review and approval of budgeted spending, especially the close review of agency-by-agency progress reports on meeting administration goals for managing IT projects and developing effective business cases.
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The introduction of several programs designed to review systems and program performance has resulted in efficiencies and cost-saving efforts.
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As the economy continues a strong recovery, we expect outsourcing opportunities to increase on the state and local level. However, system integrators should remain vigilant in researching government opportunities on a case-by-case basis. The loss of seasoned government workers will affect nearly all state & local agencies. While this will be a significant stimulus for outsourcing contract decisions, ongoing maintenance of outdated legacy systems will provide more definite targets for outsourcing contract opportunities.
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OMB acknowledges that while reporting tools for the Federal Information Security Management Act and systems training remain solid, more work is needed in security product & systems evaluation and response initiatives. In addition, more focus will be placed on how agencies identify and manage risk.
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Taking into account inflation, you could almost say this is a downturn.
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This is a new era in government spending practices and these cost-saving measures will affect federal IT budgets and, therefore, vendor opportunities.
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Outsourcing has always generated significant political debate, which in some cases has stalled this sector's growth at the state and local level. As the economy continues a strong recovery, we expect outsourcing opportunities to increase on the state and local level.
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If the business case is made and the money is needed, the money will be made available.
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If state and local spending follows a trend similar to that of federal agencies over the past 10 years, GSA Schedule 70 could become a significant centralizing force for the public sector IT market.
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However, it comes during a year in which total federal IT spending is still increasing, so this represents a shift specifically away from the schedules as a procurement channel and not a general decline in the market.
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The federal government is acting more and more like a private sector business. They are cutting costs, reviewing opportunities closely, and conducting cost-benefit analyses for their IT investments. This is a new era in government spending practices and these cost-saving measures will affect federal IT budgets and, therefore, vendor opportunities.
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The communications area is one you can continue to count on for most of our lifetimes.