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House Appropriators Offer $50M for TMF But White House Wants 10 Times That peshkov/iStock.com
email July 27, 2021 10:43 AM ET
The Office of Management and Budget said it’s received more than $2 billion in proposals since getting $1 billion from the American Rescue Plan.
House lawmakers approved the largest appropriations-based addition to the Technology Modernization Fund since its inception but the White House says it was really hoping to get more.
The TMF a central fund from which agencies can apply for loans to supplement major IT upgrades got a major boost of $1 billion earlier this year as part of the second COVID-19 stimulus package. After such a large deposit, appropriators were reluctant to meet the president’s request to add another $500 million.
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Lawmakers Tell National Archives to Use Tech Modernization Funding to Fix Veterans’ Backlog Maxxa Satori/iStock.com
email July 26, 2021 02:40 PM ET
Congressional oversight chiefs want the National Archives to apply for funding through the Technology Modernization Fund.
A bipartisan cadre of Congressional oversight leaders Monday urged the National Archives and Records Administration to apply for funding through the Technology Modernization Fund to reduce a backlog veterans’ requests.
The letter asks Archivist of the United States David Ferriero to seek funding through TMF to help clear a backlog of approximately 500,000 unprocessed veteran requests for records at the National Personnel Records Center. The NPRC houses a variety of paper-based and other records necessary for veterans to receive certain benefits, including medical treatment, unemployment assistance and home loans and student loans. Workplace restrictions due to the COVID-19 pan
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