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To: TimF who wrote (5465)	1/9/2010 2:59:44 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) of 7936

The crux of Evans article is that businesses are encouraged to invest in IT efficiently by the bottom-line, but the federal government can keep on throwing money around even during recessions. The government never has to tighten it belt. One upshot is that federal technology projects at the IRS, NASA, FAA, and many other agencies are always running over budget and behind schedule. Could agree more. Well-run businesses look at IT from an ROI standpoint. Granted, you can't always tell what the ROI will be, but at least try. I'm sure we've discussed it on the other thread but the stimulus provided nearly $20 Billion to reimburse doctors for the cost of installing an EMR system in their office -- up to about 44K/doctor. Did it never occur to them that for these projects to really make sense there needs to be an ROI sufficient to encourage docs to do this anyway? It is just strange thinking to me. Well, I guess the government doesn't really "think", it just "does".

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