IT community eager for stimulus.

The article reports the budget allocations for information technology (IT) under the 2009 economic package of U.S. President Barack Obama. Health IT receives $20 and $23 billion from House and Senate allocations, respectively. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will get a total funding of $5 billion. Budget for cybersecurity infrastructures includes $120 million for backup information management facility for the U.S. State Department and $98.5 million for the department's share of the Comprehensive National Security Initiative.