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By Gerry Gebel
Jan 26, 2021
In many ways, the federal government’s IT challenges are similar to those of commercial businesses. Both sectors know that as technologies and data sources grow and evolve, updating legacy IT technologies is critical. As a result, government agencies have been investing in modern technologies for several years.
However, an increase in spending has not resulted in agile operations, more secure data or almost any return on investment. Why is that? According to a recent Accenture research report, federal agencies are “deploying technologies in pockets, with limited tools for scaling and delivering sustained impact.”
Piecing together separate tools for IT modernization is not only ineffective, it’s more costly. In fact, the report said, “during 2014–19, spending on the maintenance of legacy IT systems rose by 13%, to consume nearly 80% of the U.S. government’s total IT spending.”