Thirty-eight percent of local government information technology budgets will decrease over the next two years as a result of the economic slowdown, according to the results of a national survey conducted by Public Technology Institute (PTI) and INPUT.
The survey, “
The State of City and County IT 2008,” targeted local government chief information officers (CIO) and information technology (IT) department directors. Other areas of the IT budget impacted by the economic climate include:
Staff development and training: 38% of respondents stated this budget item will decrease over the next two years, while 53% stated this budget item will remain the same.
Travel for educational events for IT department staff: 54% of respondents stated this budget item will decrease over the next two years, while 39% stated this budget item will stay the same. More information on the service and support industry mcan be found at http://www.supportindustry.com/
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