Congress Says No to More Security

November 16, 2000

Agency Request	Response
Office of Personnel Management
$18 million requested for information assurance personnel	Funding to be determined
NIST
$50 million requested for a computer security research institute	Funding denied
$5 million requested for a computer security expert review team	Funding denied
Treasury
$7 million requested for public-key infrastructure	$3.5 million appropriated
GSA
$15 million requested for intrusion detection and response	$8 million appropriated
Source: Government Electronic and Information Technology Association

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