The Federal Emergency Management Agency has clarified that state and local governments can use federal cyber grant funding to pay for services from membership organizations, provided they…
Providing $300 million for one year of grant appropriations would put the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program on par with past financing levels, according to a…
The Anthropic logo can be seen at an event organized by the AI company in San Francisco on May 6, 2026. (Andrej Sokolow / Picture Alliance via Getty Images)
Tennessee Chief Information Officer Kristin Darby, New York State Director of Security and Intelligence Colin Ahern, Florida CIO Warren Sponholtz and Samir Jain, vice president of policy at the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology, are sworn in before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection on May 21, 2026. (Homeland Security Committee Events / YouTube)
"We are being asked to manage nation-state risks while our federal partners step back,” Colin Ahern, New York State’s director of security and intelligence, told House lawmakers.
From left: Michael Watson, Virginia’s chief information officer; Tony Sauerhoff, Texas’ CIO; and Rex Menold, Michigan’s chief security officer, pose for a photo at the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ midyear conference in Philadelphia on April 27, 2026. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)
