UPDATED Report Provides In-Depth Look at U.S. Federal Government Spending on Information Products and Services
An updated version (August 2015) of a U.S. federal government report (prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress) that shares a lot of interesting data (including many charts) about government spending on information services and products (not just by libraries) was recently made available and is now embedded at the bottom of this post. The report also includes forecasts of spending through FY 2017.
The complete title of the report is: Federal Government Strategic Sourcing Of Information Products And Services: A Report Prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress Under an Agreement with the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK), Library of Congress (July 2015)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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