Sara Sorcher writes President Barack Obama’s proposed $19 billion cybersecurity budget for fiscal 2017 includes $3.1 billion for government information technology modernization efforts as part of the Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP). “We’re going to prioritize applications in federal agencies that have a high cybersecurity challenge,” U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott was quoted as saying. The White House also plans to appoint a federal chief information security officer to coordinate data security efforts at civilian agencies, Sorcher reports.
http://www.executivegov.com/2016/02/white-house-develops-19b-cybersecurity-action-plan/
CNAP – https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/09/fact-sheet-cybersecurity-national-action-plan