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House Members Ask Congressional Leadership To Boost Support For State And Local IT

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, May 22nd, 2020

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House Members Ask Congressional Leadership To Boost Support For State And Local IT

Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.). Langevin is a commissioner on the Cyberspace Solarium Commission.

A bipartisan contingent of House members last week sent a letter to congressional leaders requesting their support for funding in future COVID-19 relief legislation for state and local governments to modernize their information technology (IT) infrastructure to better cope with demands from their citizens in crises while also bolstering the security of their networks. The request for the federal government to help state and local governments with their IT needs aligns with one of the recommendations from the recent Cyberspace…

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