By Gautham Nagesh
August 28, 2008
With a deadline looming for agencies to submit plans on how they could consolidate their computer networks and standardize the applications that support agency operations, officials hope the blueprints will lead to lower costs, improve agency collaboration and reduce the government's energy footprint.
Comment on this article in The Forum.The General Services Administration has asked agencies to submit by Sept. 30 five-year plans for how they will purchase information technology equipment and services. GSA plans to use the reports in the IT infrastructure line of business initiative to find common purchases and applications that can be consolidated, including mainframe computers, PCs, software and wireless communications.
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