News release: “Sixty-two percent of Federal managers report personal experience with tighter budgets and 51 percent have seen the impact in programs that they depend on to complete their agency missions. These budget cuts increasingly put agency missions at risk and as a result agencies are exploring more innovative approaches to funding, according to a new MeriTalk report, the government IT network, study sponsored by NIC. The new report, “Innovators Anonymous,” reveals just how deep the budget cuts go and how innovators within agencies are looking for alternative funding solutions.”