https://www.fedscoop.com/cybersecurity-budget-2020-trump-white-house/
By Joe Warminsky
FEDSCOOP
March 18, 2019
Federal cybersecurity spending would increase by about 5 percent overall in
fiscal 2020 under President Donald Trump’s proposed budget, with the Department
of Defense getting a big boost and many civilian agencies seeing small cuts or
relatively flat funding.
As part of the White House’s plan to significantly expand military spending,
the DOD’s cybersecurity budget would increase to $9.64 billion, about 10
percent above estimated fiscal 2019 spending of $8.73 billion.
The president proposed an overall federal cybersecurity budget of $17.4
billion, up from an estimated $16.6 billion in fiscal 2019. Civilian agencies
overall would receive $7.79 billion, a decrease of about 1.5 percent below
current levels. Although that number is conspicuous at a time when
cybersecurity is attracting more of the public’s attention, it could have been
worse, given the administration’s general desire to trim civilian-agency
spending. The White House is proposing to reduce overall non-defense spending
by 5 percent.
An agency was more likely to be proposed for an increase if it works on
national security in some way: Cybersecurity efforts at the departments of
Energy (7 percent increase), Justice (7 percent), State (10 percent) and
Treasury (3 percent) would be among the winners. Cyber programs at the Office
of Personnel Management, which is under close scrutiny for how it protects the
data of federal employees, would get a nudge of $2 million, or 4 percent, up to
$47 million.
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