“President Biden was poised late Friday to sign a full-year appropriations bill for fiscal year (FY) 2022 ending Sept. 30, after the Senate passed the spending bill late March 10…”
“While the $1.5 trillion spending bill does include numerous increases for cybersecurity and other tech-related spending, it notably shut the door on well-known funding avenues for Federal IT modernization such as the General Services Administration’s Technology Modernization Fund (TMF).
Despite a request from President Biden that the full-year budget include $500 million in additional funding for TMF, the program ended up with no new money for FY2022.
The funding was requested to build off a $1 billion infusion from the American Rescue Plan (ARP). Instead, the program will need to continue doling out the ARP funding, after investing an initial round of $311 million in projects in October 2021 and following that up with $9 million more in project funding earlier this week…”
“The bill also includes language that would require a report on a broader strategy for IT modernization funds, especially to prevent duplication of efforts.
‘The Federal government must maximize the impact of these funds by developing a strategic plan for use of the funds that will prevent duplication of efforts, direct the funds to their highest use, and guarantee coordination among agencies,’ the appropriators wrote…” Read the full article here.
Source: Biden to Sign FY2022 Approps Bill; IT Mod Funding Gets Short Shrift – By Lamar Johnson, March 11, 2022. MeriTalk.
