WashingtonExec 2013 Government Contracting Outlook Series:
The new year brings big changes for the Federal IT industry, and WashingtonExec is back with its Government Contracting Industry Outlook Series.
We are giving local executives the opportunity to share their thoughts on where they see our industry headed this year and beyond. Leaders were asked a series of questions focused on cloud computing, healthcare IT, defense, mobility, and more.
Robin Lineberger, CEO of Federal Government Services at Deloitte LLP, gave us his 2013 market outlook.
Robin Lineberger:
“The government services market will continue to operate with significant uncertainty in 2013, as a result, new projects will be delayed and existing projects will be slowed down due to funding constraints.
Mobility will continue to be a focus area, deploying smart devices to put capability into the hands of mobile and remote users.
The development of stronger and more insightful health data analytics will push forward in an effort to reduce health care costs.
Merger and acquisition activity will slow due to uncertainty, and valuations will continue to fall, which will lead to a buyers- market. Cloud “as a service” will continue to grow both in frequency as well as variety. We will see enterprise “as a service” deployed in the Department of Defense and in the other larger federal agencies.
IT budgets will hold as government continues to invest in efficiency and capability, to avoid future cost growth and achieve mid-term savings.”
