2009 Federal Spending on IT Review
In many ways 2009 was a difficult year that could not end fast enough. This holds true for government contractors in the IT products and services industry. There was a 21% drop in federal spending on IT compared to 2009, after 3 years of procurement increases.
There are two possible explanations for these statistics. The first explanation is the most obvious, we are in a horrendous recession. However, with trillions of dollars available for stimulus spending, there should not have been a dip. The second explanation is that there was a change in executive office, therefore many top level positions changed leaders as well. This slows down any spending and/or budgeting activity because things are unsettled.
With the combination of these two explanations, we may be looking at the largest year in federal IT spending in history. Especially because President Obama has stated publicly that a major objective of his is the improvement and updating of government technology infrastructure.
GSA Technology Procurement Director Retiring
Mary Powers-King, director of governmentwide acquisition contracts and Schedule 70 for GSA's Integrated Technology Service will retire shortly after the New Year after 31 years of public service.
Powers-King came to GSA from the Department of Transportation where she oversaw a variety of high profile information technology programs. Some of the positions Powers-King held at DOT were an executive in the Federal Aviation Administration, and Director of Information Technology and Deputy CIO at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
She joined GSA in 2007 as the Director of GWACs and IT Schedule Programs in the Integrated Technology Service. Powers-King has over 25 years of experience managing information technology programs in government. She is directly responsible for around 4,700 IT Schedule 70 contracts that compile $16.4B in business volume in Fiscal Years 08-09.
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