{"id":4251,"date":"2013-10-30T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=4251"},"modified":"2013-11-12T02:22:56","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T10:22:56","slug":"federal-it-top-priorities-are-reduced-costs-and-improved-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/federal-it-top-priorities-are-reduced-costs-and-improved-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal IT: Top Priorities are Reduced Costs and Improved Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cisco’s recently released their 2013 annual report<\/a> on the state of “connected government”.<\/p>\n

Cisco’s vision of Connected Government<\/a> is one where “authorized information flows freely across agency, partner, and public boundaries, services reach constituents when and where they are needed, and operating expenditures stay at a minimum. Overall, connected governments can proactively serve their constituents, while improving information confidentiality, agency integrity, and budget control.”<\/p>\n

Budget control is certainly top-of-mind for many agencies. In the on-going climate of government shutdown<\/a> and budget sequestration<\/a>, federal IT departments are under pressure to keep their spending down. This mentality of fiscal responsibility had a strong influence on their priorities for the coming year. The Cisco report found that reducing costs is the top federal IT goal.<\/p>\n

The top five federal IT goals for FY2014 are:<\/p>\n

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