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IT Modernization Legislation To Be Added To Senate Defense Authorization Bill

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, September 13th, 2017

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IT Modernization Legislation To Be Added To Senate Defense Authorization Bill

Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Information Technology of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

The Senate is planning on integrating a $500 million federal information technology (IT) modernization bill into the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill it is currently considering, according to Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas).Hurd, speaking at the Billington CyberSecurity Summit on Wednesday, announced that the bill aimed at modernizing infrastructure across the federal government would be considered as part of the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act by the end of this week in a move aimed at establishing the…

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