Government Spending Can Be Reduced: What a Surprise
February 21, 2009
PCWorld, according to Yahoo News here, published one of those stories that make me shake my head in disbelief. At age 65, I thought I had a good grip on how the US government worked. Then I read “Federal Gov’t Can Save Billions in IT Spending.” For me the most interesting comment in the write up was:
Looking at 30 federal agencies, the study assumes every agency is starting from scratch with new technology. So instead of buying new software, agencies could save a collective $3.7 billion using open-source instead of proprietary software. Agencies could save $13.3 billion using virtualization technologies instead of buying new servers, and they could save $6.6 billion by using cloud computing instead of buying software and hardware.
Goodness. I thought the US government was the very model of efficiency. One learns something every day. I was involved in a program in the year 2000. Its cost was less than $250,000. Last time I checked the budget for that search related project, spending allocations totaled about $23 million. Now I learn that the government can save money. Shocker.
Stephen Arnold, February 21, 2009
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