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OMB: IT Spending Delay Over $500K For Homeland Security Review

Calendar Jul 22, 2002 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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The Office of Management and Budget today put on hold -- pending an expedited review by an interagency board -- all planned information technology investments above $500,000 at the major agencies that would be moving to the Homeland Security Department under . . . The Office of Management and Budget today put on hold -- pending an expedited review by an interagency board -- all planned information technology investments above $500,000 at the major agencies that would be moving to the Homeland Security Department under the White House's proposal. The memo from OMB Director Mitchell Daniels Jr. directs agencies' actions based on the expectation that the proposed department could save from $100 million to $200 million during the next two years by preventing duplicative IT investments and standardizing on a single solution.

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