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Department of State asks JBC to fund county security services after federal support dwindles
Summary
With federal cybersecurity and physical-security assistance uncertain, the Department of State asked the Joint Budget Committee for $410,000 in FY2025-26 to keep county physical-security reviews on schedule and to provide endpoint detection and response for county election systems.
The Colorado Department of State asked the Joint Budget Committee on March 17 for emergent spending authority to replace federal services that appear likely to be cut, citing recent reductions in federal support for election infrastructure.
John Menino, chief of staff and strategy for the Department of State, told the committee that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other federal partners have signaled they may curtail or discontinue services that Colorado counties have relied on for physical security assessments and endpoint detection and response (EDR) cybersecurity services. "We have serious doubts that…
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