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CISA Gets Handsome Boost In Omnibus Spending Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, December 21st, 2022

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CISA Gets Handsome Boost In Omnibus Spending Bill

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Congressional appropriators this week agreed to fund the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at $2.9 billion in fiscal year 2023, a 12 percent increase above the agency’s FY ’22 budget and 15 percent more than the Biden administration requested. The FY ’23 Omnibus spending package, which lumps all federal departments and agencies together in a single bill, is expected to be approved by Congress this week before legislators leave for the holidays. For the procurement accounts, funding is largely…

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