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IP: Bush admin plans to "reassign" IT funds already appropriated
From: David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 14:42:02 -0400
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com> Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 10:27:37 To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> Subject: Bush admin plans to "reassign" IT funds already appropriated At 09:46 AM -0400 07/09/02, "Patrice McDermott" <pmcdermott () alawash org> wrote:
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0708/fcw-edit-07-08-02.asp OMB's new hand Editorial July 8, 2002 The Bush administration has pulled out a budgetary trump card, citing a little noticed provision in the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 giving it the power to cut or move funding for information technology programs - even if Congress already appropriated money for the program. This card could change the game considerably, and the administration would do well to collaborate with agencies and Congress when they play it. Norman Lorentz, chief technology officer at the Office of Management and Budget, said last month that the administration planned to exercise a provision of Clinger-Cohen that gives OMB the authority to cut or move funding for redundant and underperforming IT programs. This obscure power is one of the most powerful weapons in OMB's arsenal to implement its E-Government Strategy, part of which entails consolidating similar IT programs scattered throughout agencies and cutting IT spending in general. OMB is certainly headed for a tussle with Congress, which doesn't want its dictates for IT spending changed substantially, and with government IT workers, who will be affected by the changes. Some members of Congress have already said OMB should be ready for a fight. Other longtime federal IT experts with agency and OMB experience are a bit surprised by the agency's bravado. [...]
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