Appropriators Withhold Funds To Get Details On DOD Cyber Plans And Budgets

By Amanda Palleschi / June 10, 2011 at 8:16 PM
House appropriators are threatening to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in information security funds until the Pentagon provides Congress more details on the plans and budget for the department's activities in cyberspace, according to a document reviewed by InsideDefense.com . The lawmakers have drafted fiscal year 2012 legislation directing the Defense Department to submit a detailed report on the resources being spent to address cyberthreats. Until that report is submitted, the legislation would block the Pentagon from spending 75...

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