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5 Technology Budget Tips for Hard Times

Professional duties are becoming increasingly more difficult for technology and security leaders in the summer of 2020. Some believe a “perfect storm” may be coming to a town near you.

But why?

Working from home (WFH) transitions, more help desk calls, an increase in tech support requests and a push for more digital transformation projects are creating new challenges. Meanwhile, cyberattacks and online risks are growing as public- and private-sector organizations are cutting budgets and staff hours across the country during the global pandemic.                                                              

So what can we learn from history?

A decade ago, times were also tough for state and local government technology budgets. Here’s what I wrote for this column in December, 2009:

“Are deeper budget cuts coming for struggling state and local governments? After a year filled with tough news regarding furlough days and more belt tightening, technology executives across the nation are pondering that question. Even as good news was announced yesterday regarding the unemployment rate falling to 10% in November, the holiday season remains focused on plans for 2010.”

Stateline.org recently wrote a piece that sounds eerily similar to what many governments are considering for their 2021 fiscal years. That article reported: After furloughs, states mull permanent cuts. Here’s an excerpt:

“Moving from furloughs of state employees to more permanent downsizing, states are girding for the deepest workforce cuts yet when they hammer out their fiscal 2011 budgets next year. In preparation, many are taking stock of every position in state government to determine what effect job cuts and the possible elimination of whole departments will have on revenues, expenses and the quality of government services.”

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