10 Commandments of Leading Government CIOs
2. Shifting Capital Expense to Operating Expense
Another key area where the U.S. government is focuses is moving budget dollars from being a capital expense to an operating expense; this area is closely associated with shared services. “It's an area where government CIOs, who are big on cloud services, may have a lot to teach their private industry counterparts. Government CIOs are masters at using freed-up dollars to invest in innovation” reports InformationWeek.
