U.S. government spending on information technology would decline 1.2 percent next fiscal year under a budget proposal from President Barack Obama seeking to balance investments with deficit reduction. The technology budget released today calls for $78.9 billion in spending next year, led by Defense Department reductions, as the administration promotes savings and efficiencies in federal-data programs. It’s part of a $3.8 trillion election-year budget plan sent to Congress.
“By doing more with less, the administration is driving savings across government and using those savings to reinvest in information technology and services that benefit the American people,” Obama said in a message accompanying the proposed budget for fiscal 2013, the year starting Oct. 1.
