“Late last week, Congress passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that funds the government through the remaining six plus months of the fiscal year…”
“In an act that can only be considered masochistic madness, I read through the bill—all 2,741 pages of it —to tease out some highlights on IT, management and cybersecurity. Here are some matters that may be of interest. I think they reflect two things. First, an understanding of the importance of IT as critical to mission success and citizen service. And second, a growing recognition of the need to strengthen the role and authorities of the chief information officer in departmental management…”
“Health and Human Services – The bill contains $1 billion to establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, orARPA-H, and $100 million to modernize public health data and analytics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as state and local health departments;…”
“Veterans Affairs — $4.8 billion was appropriated for IT. The agency was encouraged to expand their use of e-commerce technologies and procedures. Congress also outlined guidance, reporting requirements and limitations on a joint electronic health initiative with Department of Defense, and $2.5 billion was provided to continue the Electronic Health Records initiative…” Read the full article here.
Source: I Scoured Congress’ 2,741-Page Spending Bill: Here’s All The IT & Cyber In It – By Alan P. Balutis, March 16, 2022. Nextgov.
