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    The government spends billions maintaining archaic IT systems

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    Timothy J. Seppala
    Timothy J. Seppala
    05.27.2016

    It's one thing when an automaker or maybe a school uses incredibly old equipment to keep its internal systems afloat, but when it's the federal government that's another matter entirely. Case in point: The United States Government Accountability Office recently released a report stating that President Obama's IT budget request for the 2017 fiscal year was $89 billion. And a bulk of it is for keeping legacy tech running.