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<FONT SIZE=2>&#009;Federal spending on enterprise resource planning will almost double in the next five years, according to the market research and consulting firm Input Inc. of Chantilly, Va. </FONT>

Federal spending on enterprise resource planning will almost double in the next five years, according to the market research and consulting firm Input Inc. of Chantilly, Va.

ERP has a compound annual growth rate of 13 percent and is expected to increase from $3.5 billion in fiscal 2002 to more than $6 billion in fiscal 2007, according to an Input study.

The growth in ERP can be largely attributed to President Bush's Management Agenda, said Payton Smith, Input's manager of public-sector market analysis services.

"Improved financial management and human resources management are two points explicitly addressed by the president's management agenda," Smith said.

 

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