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By Natalie Alms, Justin Katz, Adam Mazmanian Mar 12, 2021   President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan on Thursday. The new paid leave for federal employees and the $1 billion investment in the Technology Modernization Fund and other tech provisions are now law. The House of Representatives and the Biden administration initially urged $9 billion for the TMF, but the price tag was too steep for many on the Senate side. Eventually, lawmakers on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee pressed for the $1 billion addition to the fund, which is currentl...

By Adam Mazmanian   The House of Representatives passed the Senate's version of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Act Plan on Wednesday. The vote was 220-211. The signature elements of the bill include money for direct individual payments to Americans, expanded tax credits for children, an extension of enhanced unemployment benefits as well as public health measures to speed the acquisition and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. But for the federal IT community, the bill will also be remembered for its dramatic expansion of the Technology Modernization Fund. The bill adds $1 billion to the $...

Quick Hits *** Two Senate committees voted on Wednesday to advance the nomination of President Joe Biden's pick for deputy director at the Office of Management and Budget, Shalanda Young. Her nomination for the somewhat sleepy post of OMB deputy director has assumed new urgency in since Neera Tanden, Biden's pick for OMB director, dropped out of the running after Senate opposition. If confirmed, the Biden administration plans for Young to serve as acting director of OMB, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a press briefing on Tuesday. White House Chief of Staff Ron Klainsaid i...

Ben Tchoubineh, the CMMC accreditation body's chair for training and CMMC board member Nicole Dean, the chief information security officer for Accenture, have voluntarily resigned, FCW has learned.

Quick Hits *** The American Rescue Act as passed by the Senate includes $25 million for the Department of Agriculture to improve the technology behind the delivery of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, modernize benefits transfer and to push for more mobile access. *** Other tech items in the rescue package include $200 million for the U.S. Digital Service and $150 million for the Federal Citizen Services Fund. Posted by FCW Staff on Mar 10, 2021 at 2:34 AM