The Obama administration has proved itself to be a tech-savvy team with focus on Gov 2.0; utilizing technology to promote citizen engagement, transparency and accountability. Thus, the OMB’s projected 7 percent increase in IT spending for the 2010 fiscal year comes as no surprise. The IT portion of the budget “identifies three areas likely to see significant increases in funding: cybersecurity, cloud computing and projects aimed at increasing transparency or reducing the cost of IT investments.”
The Obama administration has outlined its management agenda based on six themes aimed at “building a high-performing government,” the analytical perspectives volume of the fiscal 2010 budget stated.
Replacing the Bush administration’s Program Assessment Rating Tool with a performance improvement and analysis framework
Ensuring responsible spending of economic stimulus funding by efficient tracking and reporting and transparency to the public
Transforming the Federal workforce by hiring several hundred thousand new federal employees, emphasizing on training top young talent and improving methods of evaluating employee’s work
Managing across sectors to provide the best value for taxpayers by managing public sector resources, acquiring needed resources from private and nonprofit sectors, and collaborating across levels of government
Reforming Federal Contracting and Acquisition by striving for an open and competitive process
Transparency, Technology, and Participatory Democracy; allowing citizens to be more aware and involved in government operations
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