Similarly, just as John spoke to the value of the cloud and the consolidation of various operations and so on, I want to speak briefly about the theme I launched, which is the better use of information. Government is awash in information. It has to be used correctly, appropriately, and so on. To the extent that there can be, there are opportunities for tremendous savings. The State of New York, for example, in the last five years has saved close to a billion dollars just by understanding the full extent to which tax returns should, or should not, go out and in what amount, and by reducing duplication and so on. Examples abound of the ability to use information more effectively and to save money as a result.
On October 24th, 2011. See this statement in context.