OMB's budget theme continues: Do more with less

The Bush administration will push to improve existing information technology programs, but it has proposed few major new IT investments in its fiscal 2008 budget request.

Industry officials immediately criticized the budget, saying it will force federal contractors to adjust to a spending climate in which agencies must do more with the IT they have. The budget attributes the decrease in new investments to better capital planning and reduced duplication.

President Bush proposed greater spending increases for defense, energy, health IT and information security, which are administration priorities.

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