From Nextgov.com: Administration's 2012 budget plan relies on IT savings

By consolidating data centers, insourcing technology jobs and other measures, agencies could save $149 million.

President Obama is asking Congress to end, pare back, or overhaul 211 federal services to recapture $33 billion in 2012 as part of a five-year freeze on discretionary nonsecurity funding. The programs targeted for the chopping block in the president's 2012 budget partly rely on three information technology initiatives slated to save taxpayers $149 million, including a plan to consolidate Treasury Department data centers and to eliminate many IT contractors.

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