Commentary: How feds could save $1 trillion relatively quickly

Earlier this month, Vivek Kundra stepped down from his position as the first federal chief information officer after a two-year tenure during which he began applying industry lessons in managing information technology to the federal sector. Given the enormous potential for IT to increase efficiency and save money during an era of budget cuts, I encourage his successor Steven VanRoekel to continue and even accelerate Kundra's initiatives.

The Technology Chief Executive Officer Council, of which Dell CEO Michael Dell is a member, presented policymakers with a proposal in October 2010 for how the federal government could save $1 trillion over the next decade. None of the council's suggestions required new legislation and all are ones we've successfully implemented for our customers and in our own businesses...