• Our latestUS Tech Forecast 2026: What It Means For Governmentreport projects that technology spending for the entire US government sector, including staff costs, will reach $357 billion in 2026, up from $343 billion in 2025, representing 4% year-over-year growth. • Government technology will account for 12.3% oftotal US tech spending of $2.9 trillion in 2026. • This modest growth arrives at a moment of profound technological realignment. • Political preferences matter far less than the structural forces now hitting the public sector at speed. • We have been here before: Reinvention efforts during the Clinton-Gore era dragged federal procurement into the modern age. • Then theTechnology Modernization FundandFITARApushed business, mission, and technology leaders in federal agencies to rethink accountability, governance, and technical debt.

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  • The US Government Tech Market Enters A New Phase Of Change Our latest US Tech Forecast 2026: What It Means For Government report projects that technology spending for the entire US government sector, including staff costs, will reach $357 billion in 2026, up from $343 billion in 2025, representing 4% year-over-year growth. Government technology will account for 12.3% of total US tech spending of $2.9 trillion in 2026. This modest growth arrives at a moment of profound technological realignment. Political preferences matter far less than the structural forces now hitting the public sector at sp

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