GAO Will Pour $15 Million Into New Tech Assessment Office in 2020

NextGov: The Government Accountability Office will spend $15 million next year scaling up a new office dedicated to building tech literacy on Capitol Hill and informing policy decisions on issues like 5G, quantum computing and privacy.

Officials plan to expand the Science and Technology Assessment and Analytics group’s staff from 49 to 70 full-time employees by the end of 2019, according to the expansion plan GAO submitted to Congress. In the years ahead, GAO said the office could grow to as many as 140 staffers.

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