
The Biden administration last Friday released a top line budget request for the Department of Homeland Security that would be essentially flat with current year spending levels but increase funding for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to help it contend with a worsening threat landscape. The proposed $52 billion fiscal year 2022 discretionary request for DHS would be about $100 million, or 0.2 percent, higher than the current FY ’21 budget. However, the administration’s “skinny budget” offers few…