{"id":3074,"date":"2012-07-02T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=3074"},"modified":"2012-07-02T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T15:00:00","slug":"government-it-budgets-to-shrink-over-coming-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/government-it-budgets-to-shrink-over-coming-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Government IT: Budgets to Shrink Over Coming Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gartner is predicting a drop in US government spending on IT by as much as 8 percent in 2013. \u00a0IT spending for 2012 is forecast to be $79.2 billion, but in 2013, that’s expected to slip to $75.2 billion. \u00a0In 2014, a four percent drop is expected, reducing the government IT spending level to $73.2 billion. \u00a0And in 2015, spending will slip again to $71.7 billion. \u00a0From 2015, spending is expected to plateau or to begin rising again. \u00a0The forecast was reported by\u00a0Steven Burke<\/a> of\u00a0CRN reported<\/a> based on a presentation given by Gartner’s Vice President of Government research,\u00a0Rishi Sood<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The forecast falls in line with an earlier one<\/a> announced by Gartner in April that expected spending in 2012 by the US government to be flat, followed by contraction in 2013. \u00a0One exception to the overall trend in reduced spending is the in the area of federal health care IT — that particular segment has been posting 9 percent increases annually and is expected to reach $14 billion this year.<\/p>\n

Sood commented that new technologies like cloud computing are expected to stimulate government spending by 2015, after which an uptick in government spending is expected. \u00a0He expects there to be more cooperation and sharing among government agencies going forward. \u00a0The use of share services and resources is expected to increase with a move away from each agency running a separate silo-ed IT operation.<\/p>\n

Sood said that “One way or another the tremors taking place with technology in the federal government market are going to be long-lasting.”<\/p>\n

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Gartner is predicting a drop in US government spending on IT by as much as 8 percent in 2013. \u00a0IT spending for 2012 is forecast to be $79.2 billion, but in 2013, that’s expected to slip to $75.2 billion. \u00a0In…<\/span><\/p>\n

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