TechAmerica Reaction to List of Federal IT Projects Under Review

August 25, 2010

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Washington, DC - TechAmerica issued the following statement by President and CEO Phil Bond in response to a list of federal technology projects under review by the Obama Administration that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released this morning.

"The technology industry remains eager to work with the Administration to address the underlying problems with federal IT management and acquisition. We look forward to recommendations from TechAmerica Foundation's Commission on the Government Technology Opportunity in the 21^st Century (GTO-21), which will help the Administration realize the promise of government technology. Our companies also need more information about how and why these projects were selected - they can only help correct problems they understand. There certainly are concerns in many quarters about what data went into the development of this list, how that data was analyzed and how it was presented. Similarly, we trust the Administration understands how important it is to work with industry as the government decides how to address each of these 26 programs."

About TechAmerica

TechAmerica is the leading voice for the U.S. technology industry - the driving force behind productivity growth and jobs creation in the United States and the foundation of the global innovation economy. Representing approximately 1,200 member companies of all sizes from the public and commercial sectors of the economy, it is the industry's largest advocacy organization and is dedicated to helping members' top and bottom lines. TechAmerica is also the technology industry's only grassroots-to-global advocacy network, with offices in state capitals around the United States, Washington, D.C., Europe (Brussels) and Asia (Beijing).It was formed by the merger of AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association), the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the Government Electronics & Information Technology Association (GEIA).Learn more about TechAmerica at www.techamerica.org.

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