Government Futures Sees 110th Congress as Opportunity for IT and Professional Services Firms

WASHINGTON D.C. (PRWeb) November 17, 2006 -- Government Futures, a Web 2.0 research and consulting firm that analyzes future trends in the government technology and services sector, urged today that industry and agency leaders harness the reform energy in the new Congress to improve government procurement and management practices.



"Industry and agency leaders should seize on the opportunity of a new Congress to make a difference in the way things work going forward," said Bruce McConnell, Government Future's president. "There are many useful and needed changes that would make good use of the reform energy that brought this Congress to Washington."

The conclusion is contained in Government Future's latest See the Future analysis, "The 110th Congress: Not for the Faint of Heart." Based on the opinions of more than 100 government and industry leaders collected through surveys, collective intelligence polls, and interviews, the report anticipates the priorities of the new Congress that are of interest to the federal information, technology, and professional services community.

The report warns that the incoming Congress, in its zeal to correct perceived ethics and contracting abuses, could create the unintended consequence of harming the ability of federal agencies to perform their missions. Without concerted action, the Congressional oversight environment will cause agencies and their industry partners to "hunker down", slowing future investments and hampering mission performance.

Government Futures recommends a strategy of advocating changes in policy that would streamline cross-agency collaboration, promote commercial buying practices, and create results-based incentives for public-private partnerships.

By asserting that the new Congress actually presents an opportunity to make essential advances in government buying and management practices, the report is contrarian to other, more pessimistic analyses.

About Government Futures, LLC
Government Futures, LLC is a pioneering research and consulting company that helps decision makers in the government-industry community understand and shape the federal business environment and their position in it three to five years forward. Founded by community veterans Bruce McConnell and Margaret Anderson, and aided by a council of seasoned advisers, the company enables the community to collaborate and develop its own collective intelligence. Government Futures advises companies and other organizations that desire to apply the techniques and results of collective intelligence to shape the future. For more information, or to participate in surveys and the community, please visit www.governmentfutures.com/?campaign=PRWebCongress11.16.2006.

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