Trump administration gets less tech funding than requested in new bicameral bills

Appropriators in both the House and Senate released a new package of conferenced bills over the weekend to fund several agencies as they work to avert another government shutdown at the end of the month.

Among the packages introduced is the bicameral, bipartisan Financial Services and General Government bill, which includes several government tech funding pools — some of which are getting less than the Trump administration asked for. 

For example, lawmakers are opting to give significantly less to the Information Technology Oversight and Reform account, which funds the U.S. DOGE Service and the White House Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

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