"Appropriators in both the House and Senate released a new package of conferenced bills over the weekend to fund several agencies as they work to avert another government shutdown at the end of the month. Among the packages introduced is the bicameral, bipartisan Financial Services and General Government bill, which includes several government tech funding pools - some of which are getting less than the Trump administration asked for. For example, lawmakers are opting to give significantly less to the Information Technology Oversight and Reform account, which funds the U.S. DOGE Service and the White House Office of the Chief Information Officer."
"The White House wanted $10 million specifically for a "software modernization initiative" led by the Department of Government Efficiency, as well as authorization for $35 million in agency reimbursements to the U.S. DOGE Service for the work it provides. The negotiated bill text would put $8 million into ITOR without a recommendation for how the administration splits up money within the account. In previous proposals made before coming together for a negotiated text, the House had put aside $5 million for DOGE and $5 million for ITOR, while the Senate text had put $8 million into that account with no mention of DOGE."
"President Donald Trump set up DOGE within what was formerly the U.S. Digital Service on his first day in office last year, and it quickly became known for its work firing federal employees, cutting contracts and even shuttering entire agencies in the name of cutting government spending. However, government spending actually went up last year. Even before USDS became DOGE, the group had been moving to use more reimbursement from agencies to sustain its work after funding from the American Rescue Plan Act ended."
Appropriators in both chambers released a conferenced package of bills to fund agencies and avoid a government shutdown at month-end. The bicameral Financial Services and General Government bill includes government technology funding pools, with some accounts receiving less than requested by the administration. The Information Technology Oversight and Reform account would receive about $8 million versus the $19.6 million the administration sought. The White House requested $10 million for a software modernization initiative and authorization for $35 million in reimbursements to the U.S. DOGE Service, but the negotiated text omits those specific allocations. The U.S. DOGE Service was created from the U.S. Digital Service and has shifted toward agency reimbursements after pandemic-era funding ended.
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