3:29 pm, May 18, 2012
Federal News Radio host Tom Temin, right, moderates a panel discussion Thursday sponsored by AFFIRM. (Photo/Henry Brattlie)

OMB clarifying industry's role in shared services

Agencies face a series of deadlines starting at the end of May to map out their plan to consolidate commodity IT. Vendors will, many times, be the suppliers of the shared service, said Scott Bernard, OMB's chief architect. As agency deadlines approach, OMB is beginning to clarify industry's role.

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