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The federal government is projecting technology spending to top $50 billion dollars in 2003 according to the Office of Management and Budget. What initiatives will the government invest in for 2003? What technologies will support key governmental priorities like homeland security? How will this impact personnel and outsourcing decisions? What's the impact of growing deficits at the state and local level?

Government Priorities, a study of 200 governmental IT managers, is a sister product of information Research Priorities series. The quarterly Priorities series provides more than two years of trendable data on IT budget outlays in the private sector and includes information's IT Confidence Index, which gauges the near-term outlook for IT budgets, project plans, the economy overall, and industry and business earnings. Government Priorities evaluates governmental IT budgets, key initiatives and planned technologies for federal, state and local governments in 2003.

Government organizations can use this report to evaluate key objectives, budgeting and staffing investments and the use of outsourcing partners. Companies that partner with government organizations can use this report to understand the state of budget issues and the focus of the government in the coming year.

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