{"id":6536,"date":"2016-08-10T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=6536"},"modified":"2016-06-30T05:24:37","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T13:24:37","slug":"government-it-spending-governments-turn-to-technology-to-become-more-efficient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/government-it-spending-governments-turn-to-technology-to-become-more-efficient\/","title":{"rendered":"Government IT Spending: Governments Turn to Technology to Become More Efficient"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you think of government efficiency, you might think of big bureaucracy, long lines and antiquated equipment. \u00a0That may still be in some places, but Gartner found<\/a> that all levels of government are spending healthy amounts of money on new technology and services. \u00a0Globally, government spending by both federal and local governments is estimated to be $430.1 billion in 2016, and that number is expected to\u00a0reach $476.1 billion in five years.<\/p>\n

Rick Howard<\/a>, research vice president at Gartner, said \u00a0that “in the digital service economy, government must make strategic investments in IT or risk perpetuating suboptimal business and service models that are financially unsustainable in the long term. \u00a0Government CIOs who are too slow to adopt the technology innovations that are transforming private sector service industries will increase business risk and cost, while compromising the mission of their organisations.”<\/p>\n

If governments don’t know how to spend the money, Gartner has come up with a ranked list<\/a> of the top ten strategic technologies that they recommend governments should consider adopting:<\/p>\n

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  1. Digital Workplace<\/li>\n
  2. Multichannel Citizen Engagement<\/li>\n
  3. Open Any Data<\/li>\n
  4. Citizen e-ID<\/li>\n
  5. Analytics Everywhere<\/li>\n
  6. Smart Machines<\/li>\n
  7. Internet of Things<\/li>\n
  8. Digital Government Platforms<\/li>\n
  9. Software-Defined Architecture<\/li>\n
  10. Risk-Based Security<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    When you think of government efficiency, you might think of big bureaucracy, long lines and antiquated equipment. \u00a0That may still be in some places, but Gartner found that all levels of government are spending healthy amounts of money on new…<\/span><\/p>\n

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