Experts: McCain, Obama Both Good for IT Spending

As president, either Sen John McCain (R-AZ) or Sen Barack Obama (D-IL) would have significant impact on the information technology outlay of state and local governments, according to consulting firm INPUT's experts. "The candidates only rarely discuss policies with direct IT implications for state and local governments, such as REAL ID," INPUT's Chris Dixon said. "Yet, you do find some surprising nuggets with IT implications, such as Barack Obama's support for more intelligence fusion analysts at the state and local levels and John McCain's commitment to using tele-health technologies in healthcare." "A lot of folks will ask us which candidate will be 'better' for state and local IT," INPUT's Tim Brett added.