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The Biden administration will prioritize cybersecurity in its $1 billion IT modernization grant program for federal agencies, which will be overseen by the General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget.
In March, Congress allocated $1 billion for federal IT modernization project grants as part of the American Rescue Plan - the $2 trillion economic relief package signed by President Joe Biden. That measure also includes $650 million in funding for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to address security issues (see:
Grants disbursed by GSA and OMB under the new Technology Modernization Fund will focus on projects that address cybersecurity improvement as well as other shortcomings in IT systems. The two agencies also will take into consideration projects that deal with improving public-facing federal services and cross-agency collaboration programs.