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Tech CEOs Tell US Gov't How To Cut Deficit By $1 Trillion

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-penny-saved dept.

alphadogg writes "The US government can save more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years by consolidating its IT infrastructure, reducing its energy use and moving to more Web-based citizen services, a group of tech CEOs said in a report released Wednesday. The Technology CEO Council's report, delivered to President Barack Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, also recommends that the US government streamline its supply chains and move agencies to shared services for mission-support activities. 'America's growing national debt is undermining our global competitiveness,' said the council, chaired by IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano. 'How we choose to confront and address this challenge will determine our future environment for growth and innovation.' If the cash-strapped US government enacted all the recommendations in the advocacy group's report, it could save between $920 billion and $1.2 trillion by 2020, the group said. The federal government could also reduce IT energy consumption by 25 percent, and it could save $200 billion over 10 years by using advanced analytics to stop improper payments, the report said."

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  1. how quickly we've forgotten by nimbius · · Score: 4, Interesting

    the 13 acres of hell this country went through, kicking and screaming, just to get to digital television.

    Just because every CEO present for this sales pitch owns an iPhone 4, does not mean the grinding poverty of Appalachia, the intellectual bankruptcy of the deep south, or the budgetless west coast are even remotely capable of turning this page. As long as we all have grandmothers and relatives printing out taxes and mailing them with saliva greased postage stamps, the trillion dollars is about as real as the 21st century flying car i was promised.

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    Good people go to bed earlier.
  2. Tell that to the Navy by iceperson · · Score: 3, Interesting

    http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/08/hp-holds-navy-network-hostage/comment-page-2/

  3. Re:For only $500 Billion up front! by Wyatt+Earp · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How does an i7 desktop running Linux use less power than an i7 running OS X or Windows 7?

    My MacBook Pro gets worse battery life in Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 than it does in Snow Leopard.

  4. Re:Don't see how that would work by copponex · · Score: 3, Interesting

    National Debt % of GDP

    1972: 34.5%
    1976: 34.0%
    1980: 32.5%
    1984: 40.0%
    1988: 51.0%
    1992: 64.9%
    1996: 66.6%
    2000: 57.0%
    2004: 62.2%
    2008: 69.2%

    Yes, can we please go back to before Reagan took office, and make sure he doesn't? We could have eliminated the Reagan and Bush years in one brilliant stroke.