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. The link for this article located at FCW is no longer available. . OMB suspends over $500K in IT projects for homeland security evaluation, targeting efficiency and uniformity.. IT investments, Homeland Security, budget review, interagency review, government policy. . Anthony Pell
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