White House budget calls for $210M for IT modernization fund

Fedscoop: As expected, President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget request proposes increased spending for IT, with an emphasis on modernization efforts.

The budget plan, unveiled Monday, seeks $45.8 billion in overall civilian IT funding for next year, up just slightly from the estimated $45.6 billion spent in fiscal 2018. In an analysis of proposed IT spending, the administration notably left out a breakdown of Defense Department IT for the coming year, which equated to $42.5 billion in fiscal 2018

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