# White House allocates $9.8B to cybersecurity in 2022 budget request

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/white-house-allocates-9-8b-to-cybersecurity-in-2022-budget-request-2/
- Published: 2021-06-02T09:15:33-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo © lucky-photographer on Getty Images / iStockphoto. Article by Billy Mitchell. FedScoop – May 27, 2021. Just over two months after receiving roughly $2 billion in emergency funding for tech and cybersecurity modernization, the Biden administration wants more money from Congress to build on those investments. The White House has asked for $500 million to be added to the federal government’s Technology Modernization Fund and $9.8 billion to go specifically toward civilian cybersecurity programs across the government — up from about $8.7 billion for fiscal 2021 — according to its fiscal 2022 budget request released Friday. […] Click here to view original web page at www.fedscoop.com