From: FCW
Appropriations Committee confirms $500 million Defense IT hit
The Senate Appropriations Committee on July 17 approved by voice vote a bill that would spend $500 million less on defense IT than requested by the Obama administration, while maintaining a keen focus on cybersecurity.
A committee summary of the fiscal 2015 defense appropriations bill justified the reduction to the administration’s request by saying that “trimming IT funding will help prioritize and better target non-cybersecurity IT investments in an era of fiscal constraint.” The Defense Appropriations Subcommittee had approved the bill, including the $500 million reduction, on July 15.
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