From: FCW
By Derek B. Johnson
Following a joint hearing of the House Homeland Security and Government Oversight committees on implementation of the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee Chairman Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) expressed optimism that federal agencies could move past a series of implementation stumbles and indicated to reporters that a legislative solution might be in the offing.
Ratcliffe, along with Reps. Will Hurd (R-Texas) and Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee on March 15 requesting $237 million in funding to agencies and the Department of Homeland Security for implementation of CDM in fiscal year 2019. After the hearing concluded, Ratcliffe told reporters that despite numerous implementation delays within agencies, he still believes the program can be effective.
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