A desire to increase productivity, improve contact within agencies, along with enhancing the flexibility of working conditions, were cited by government executives as the three most compelling reasons to implement greater use of mobile devices.
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Fed CIOs Try To End Duplicate IT Investments
InformationWeek: Three federal CIOs told Congress they are working to reduce duplicative IT investments in their respective departments after their own reviews as well as one by the government’s watchdog agency found that they were wasting potentially more than $1 billion on the problem.
Department of Defense CIO Teri Takai, Department of Homeland Security CIO Richard Spires, and Department of Energy CIO Michael Locatis told lawmakers at a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee hearing last week they have created new IT governance committees and other processes that helping them eliminate overlapping IT systems. Transcripts of their testimony are posted online.







