i.t. information technology in a more equipped cent way, re -- expedient way. so having a plan in place, and now having actually worked through over the last three, we looked at the entire $7 billion of p i.t. spending it was the first time in the history of d d -- dod we did this, to entry in the funk al leaders and describe their strategy. this is what i need you to get done. thieves are the outcomes i need you to achieve to get the better use of ople, and then, each military department has to come in and explain how they will spend their dollars wisely. we were able to look at the $7 billion spent, identified 10% of the systems of the department to be retired as no longer meeting those goals, and found ways to drive better efficiency. >> one of the thing we talked about was work, the fundamental idea, a friends of mine is a management expert, and one of the things he said you have to assess work, determine whether it has to be done or not before en you go into the processes or decide how many people you are going to need for n how important is it to really g

i.t. information and communications technology and biomedicine why is that it's because the federal government built a platform for venture capitalists and the entrepreneurs they back to dance that kind of investment and the role of government as a creative and collaborative customer has not been a veil. the new twenty first century technologies as discussed the clean green target of energy technologies venture capitalists have been way ahead of the curve it's as if they'd been investing trying to invest in personal computers in the nineteen sixty's before the microprocessor had been broadly and hansen developed and radically reduced in cost ok so that's really interesting it's actually something to think about before we go i do want the opportunity to ask you because you have had your career in this area because we have this debate on the fiscal cliff because we have this debate on changes to the tax code carried interest is something that's been discussed why shouldn't carried interest be taxed in line with regular income if this is how you're making your living why indeed. so you're saying

information sharing proposals. this includes the bill that i've cosponsored, the secure i.t. bill. the bill before us places homeland security in the role of gatekeeper of cyber threat information. the bill calls for homeland security to share the information in -- quote -- "as close to real time as possible" -- end of quote with other agencies. however, this will create a bottleneck for information coming into the government. further, title 7 includes restrictions on what types of information can be shared, limiting the use of it for criminal prosecutions except those that cause imminent harm. this is exactly the type of restriction on information sharing that the 9/11 commission warned us about now ten years ago. the fact -- in fact, the 9/11 commission said -- quote -- "the wall resulted in far less information sharing an coordination" -- end of quote. the commission further added -- quote -- "the removal of the wall that existed before 9/11 between intelligence and law enforcement has opened up new opportunities for cooperative action" -- end of quote. why should we even conside

information technology trends for 2013. it is a world where companies will deploy $2 trillion on i.t. projects. oracle and hp will probably fight for their lives and a new crop of vendors like amazon, believe it or not, will come on faster than a lamborghini. first on cnbc, idc chief analyst, frank jens. nice to have you back. those are pretty startling numbers. most of this i.t. money is being deployed to what's called the third platform. tell us what that is. >> yes. the third platform is really about a collection of emerging technologies that aren't so emerging anymore. they're really becoming a core part. talking about mobile technologies. talking about cloud. talking about social networking technologies. we're talking about big data, analytics technologies. those four. >> you think that will drive 90% of the growth in i.t. >> oh, absolutely. actually, by just next year, they're driving almost 80%. so if we look at 2013 to 2020, that's going to pick up and it will be 90% or more of all of the new growth. >> companies that right now are lagging behind, one of the statistics that i read in my

digital sandbox is to significantly action sell rate the development of information technology start-ups in kansas city where i.t. is already a major economic engine. these developments are empowering the next generation of kansas entrepreneurs with the tools to innovate and build successful businesses. today's entrepreneurs may use different technology to develop products and reach potential markets than their predecessors, but the work ethic and the passion to do something remains just the same. this week, i encourage my colleagues to explore the impact of entrepreneurship in their communities and to engage with start-up companies working to make the lives of americans better. i have met with entrepreneurs in kansas and across the country during the last 18 months. the passion and creativity of these entrepreneurs has encouraged me. one refreshing observation is that these entrepreneurs, while competitive, want to see their fell entrepreneurs succeed. they are also building new tools that empower others to make their businesses better. but in conversation after conversation, i also have learned that there are

i.t., a lieutenant colonel, specializing in military intelligence. and in that world, you can't have any glitches on the handling or possession of classified informationion in her house or information she wasn't handling appropriately, she's got a big problem on her hand. and by all accounts, that's why her clearance was suspended. the army issued this statement saying, "the army has been cooperating with federal law enforcement authorities in this matter and those actions are ongoing. appropriate actions with regard to this officer's clearance and access have been taken." so there you have it right there. her clearance has been suspended pending the investigation. her problem now is she's going to have to demonstrate that she did not violate any of the military rules in the handling of classified information and try and get her clearance back and keep her career. zoraida? >> let's talk about general petraeus. tomorrow he'll address leaders of the senate and house intelligence committees about the deadly benghazi attack. we do know it's a closed-door session. do you have any idea what will be discussed? >> well, we don't. this will be behind closed do