Danger Zones
Pitfalls on the road to technology projects are many, even in the best of times. In the worst of times, things can get ugly fast. Conditions are ripe for trouble should one or more of the five following threats be realized.
Unhappy Inspectors General
Inspectors general at the General Services Administration and the Defense and Interior departments have blasted the use of technology contracts to procure unrelated items, including construction services, mental health care and even prison interrogators. The IGs long have been suspicious of flexible governmenrwide contracts, particularly in the technology arena, and are on the hunt for more evidence of abuse.
A New War
Fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq has fueled military consumption of communications technology and weapons, but at the expense of other agencies' tech budgets. War on a third front, such as Iran or North Korea, would squeeze the federal budget even tighter, as tech money was diverted to the military services.
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