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posted by martyb on Wednesday October 21 2015, @12:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the start-buying-old-boxes dept.

The Obama Administration has ordered US federal agencies to hold off on purchasing new PCs in hopes of patching up a broken ordering system.

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has put a hold on new desktops and notebooks while it sorts through what it says are "thousands" of new system orders every year.

OMB said that because agencies lack a standardized way to order, maintain, and replace their IT infrastructure, officials are forced to seek out their own contracts and purchase orders to get new PCs, leading to huge accumulated costs in waste.

"There is no need for thousands of contracts to purchase common laptops and desktops," the OMB said in its order late last week.

What answer do you predict the US government will reach, "Surfaces for everyone!"?


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