President Barack Obama will request a 2013 federal IT budget of US$78.9 billion, a decrease of 0.7 percent from the government’s 2012 budget. The top priorities for the 2013 IT budget will be improving cybersecurity and pumping up e-government efforts. The budget includes $202 million for a continuous, government-wide threat monitoring program at the Department of Homeland Security. CIO Steven VanRoekel: “We must maniacally focus on reducing waste and duplication in government IT” The budget request reflects an effort to “do more with less””]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2130874/obama-s-2013-it-budget–less-for-dod–less-overall.html