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How Arcane Budget Rules Threaten Government Cybersecurity

The federal budget process identifies funding for the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate as a "defense function," which puts NPPD's mission in competition with other Department of Defense priorities and can make it more difficult for congressional appropriators to earmark additional funding to protect agency networks.

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