While Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are still debating the shape of the economic stimulus package, it's clear that the $800 billion package will infuse lots of money into Federal IT. Here are a few examples of where the money will go toward IT projects:

• $245 million for the Farm Service Agency for IT improvements.
• $150 million to NASA (for research, development, and demonstration to improve aviation safety and Next Generation air traffic control."
• $400 million for Social Security to replace its National Computer Center.
• $276 million to the State Department for upgrading and modernizing IT.
• $200 million to U.S. Geological Survey to improve facilities, including computing capacity.

There are plenty of other big-ticket items too, including $20 billion to jumpstart efforts to computerize health records, cut costs and reduce medical errors, not to mention $6 billion to expand broadband Internet access. It's clear the Obama administration is serious about changing the way technology is used, how it is grown and the ways it can change government. 

For more on the IT goodies in the economic stimulus package:
- check out this FEDInsider.com article