Driven by pressure to improve constituent services, reduce costs and develop efficiency, US state and local governments are increasing their technology spending. Changes in internal structure and constituent service delivery including increasing federal funds, consolidation of IT management, and deepening of e-government will lead to even greater opportunities for IT vendors in this market.

• Forecast of total IT spending and vendor opportunities for FY2004 to FY2009 by government function and technology segment
• Sizing of market in both state and local government
• Identification of trends emerging in state and local government IT market
• Profiles of select systems integrators serving this market


Highlights



Total state and local government IT spending will grow from $55.0B to $62.4B from FY2004-09.





Spending will shift away from hardware and networking towards software and services. Reasons include falling hardware prices, loss of workforce to retirement and growing interest in e-government and enterprise-wide systems.





Datamonitor has identified public safety, health & human services, general government and transportation as the top functional areas for IT investment by state and local governments.



Reasons to Purchase


• Evaluate opportunities in the state and local government technology market by government function and technology segments
• Compare opportunities in both state and local government
• Identify competitors and potential areas for partnerships in the state and local government IT market