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OITS: federal cybersecurity funding cutbacks, iTEC changes and updated service rates affect Kansas IT planning
Summary
State IT leaders told the committee that recent federal cuts to DHS/CISA funding and the creation of a subscription model for MS-ISAC services will change how Kansas and local governments obtain shared cybersecurity support; OITS also described iTEC governance changes from SB 291 and summarized a trimmed list of enterprise service rates.
The Office of Information Technology Services (OITS) updated the Joint Committee on Information Technology on federal cybersecurity funding changes, recent iTEC governance reforms and OITS enterprise rates.
Federal funding and impacts OITS staff said the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) faced major budget reductions that caused roughly one-third of CISA staff to leave, and that those cuts reduced available free services to states and localities. OITS highlighted that the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (a four‑year CISA program created in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) remains…
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