Special Section

After a couple years of little or no growth in federal information technology spending and few agencies proposing innovative projects, 2009 is shaping up as a year the federal government may once again rev up its IT engine. A new
president may be just the beginning. This special report
explores what's in store for IT and how to prepare for it.
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Articles
  • IT and the Next President

    While IT has rarely played a role in setting strategic goals rarely
    has languished A panel of federal information technology executives
    discuss how the next administration can elevate IT to play a central
    role in its management strategy. It's more likely than you think.
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  • Safe Bets for IT

    IT projects can lose support when a new president enters office - but others seem to rise above politics and survive. Here are seven election-proof initiatives likely to go on in some form or another no matter who wins in November.

  • What's on Tap for Defense

    A tight tech budget puts pressure on Defense to sharpen its networking and communications strategy. What's on the Pentagon's agenda for 2009?

  • Government in a Wiki World

    They can't be ignored, and they're only going to become more ubiquitous. It's time to come to terms with wikis. The collective Web sites such as Wikipedia, where the public can add to and edit documents on specific subjects, offer a new way for the government to interact with the pubic - and to govern.
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