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The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved an FY ’17 spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that includes $1 billion in cyber security funding for the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), about $53 million less than requested due to lags in the ability to hire personnel for cyber operations and budget constraints.Still, the $1 billion recommendation is $186.2 million more than Congress enacted in FY ’16 and permits NPPD to begin to accelerate a federal network…
