The US' Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has provided more detail on the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Information Technology (IT) Budget.
The President's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget provides nearly $71 billion in funding for information technology (IT) investments, approximately a 6.8 percent increase over the FY 2008 President's Budget.
"This IT amount is consistent with the President's commitment to balance the budget, while protecting the homeland and winning the Global War on Terror (GWOT), said Karen Evans, Administrator, E-Government and Information Technology. "The budget reflects the investments necessary to improve service delivery and to secure and protect government information while maximizing and spending taxpayer dollars wisely.
In FY09, information security spending is proposed for nearly $7.2 billion, up 73 percent since 2004. The increase builds upon existing investments to assist agencies' abilities to implement important security controls for managing their information systems risks.
In addition, the President's request would continue support for E-Gov and Lines of Business initiatives which have demonstrated not only significant cost savings, but significant benefits beyond financial savings through government-wide solutions and the elimination of duplicative systems within agencies.