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| Army to slash most IT applications |
| 2005-08-26 |
| The U.S. Army will end 80 percent of its IT application systems by 2007, its chief information officer said. Lt. Gen. Steve Botuelle, Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Army, told the AFCEA Technology Showcase conference, also known as the Army's Directors of Information Management/Army Knowledge Management (DOIM/AKM) conference, in Fort Lauderdale Tuesday that he would submit a consolidation plan to senior service officials within two months and before the end of October. According to a report in Federal Computer Weekly, Boutelle said that Lt. Gen. Jerry Sinn, the Army's budget director, planned to cut the number of different IT applications he operated from 200 to three. Boutelle said he would eliminate redundancy in the Army's IT operations by "following the golden rule of government: identify unnecessary applications and cut their funding," FCW.com reported. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #2 THis is great news, cut the stovepipe IT systems fundings and force movement into common systems. |
| Posted by: 49 pan 2005-08-26 22:48 |
| #1 In my opinion, this is woefully needed. While some KM was good, spending was like a runaway train for years. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-08-26 19:41 |