President Barack Obama's 2011 budget proposal flattens federal IT spending, outlining the administration's goal of creating an IT operation infused with private sector best practices.
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The U.S. Federal IT departments have a history of not delivering productivity and performance gains "that are found when IT is deployed effectively in the private sector."
The White House wants social networking tools widely deployed to help make government, through continuous collaboration, smarter and thus, enabling citizens to easily access government data and interact with federal agencies.
It also wants to centralize the delivery of some IT services across agencies through the use of cloud technologies and other platforms.
"The rise in social media and web 2.0 technologies has proven that no single organization has a monopoly on good ideas," said the budget narrative.
And the Obama administration wants to head in this direction without spending new money on IT.
The 2011 proposed federal budget proposal by the White House increases federal IT spending to US$79.4 billion, just over 1.2% and slightly above the White House's inflation forecast for this year. In 2001, the U.S. spent US$45 billion on IT. The federal fiscal year begins Oct. 1.
To cut costs, the White House will seek a reduction in the number of data centres, now at 1,100. It does not set a goal but points out that in 1998 there were only 432 data centres serving federal agencies.
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