A January 2011 report from market research firm INPUT revealed a projected $800 million in spending in the state and local market for justice, Public Safety, and Homeland Security technology through the next five years. Cutting edge and back office solutions, including case automation to predictive analytics will push the market above $6 billion by 2015.
Federal initiatives will standardize radio communications and data networks, and budgeting woes will bring hiring freezes, according to the report. Cost-effective IT solutions will be attractive to agencies in the near future.
Studies of state and local IT markets reveal a stabilization of revenue streams, declines in spending as stimulus funding runs out, use of technology as a "force multiplier" for police and sheriff's departments put under stress by hiring freezes. Automated case management will provide efficiency for agencies. Federal direction and regulations for systems providing interoperability, intelligent policing, and information sharing will also give IT spending a push.
See the Press Release from INPUT here.
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