Tag: Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Discretionary budget seeks to eliminate CISA group, shift funds to border
May 12, 2025SSN Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration's relentless assault on purported waste spending is looking to curtail the efforts of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) with its recently proposed 2025 discretionary budget.
In a statement released on May 2, 2025, the White House declared that its budget would reduce non-defense discretionary spending by $163 billion, shifting those funds to defense and border security, as well as support for air and rail safety. On...
Future of federal funding uncertain following funding freeze
February 12, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Jan. 28 memo from the Office of Management and Budget pausing federal grants and loans sent shockwaves throughout the country, including in the security industry.
Companies like ZeroEyes and its ZE Government Solutions (ZEGS) and Shooter Detection Systems and its secure grants program rely on federal funding and could have been affected by the freeze.
While the memo was retracted on Jan. 29, industry stakeholders like the Security Industry...
OMB announces strategy for U.S. Government “zero trust” approach to cyber
January 27, 2022SSN Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a Federal strategy on Jan. 26, 2022 to move the U.S. Government toward a “zero trust” approach to cybersecurity.
The strategy represents a key step forward in delivering on President Biden’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, which focuses on advancing security measures that dramatically reduce the risk of successful cyberattacks against the Federal Government’s...