Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies hearing to discuss President Bidens fiscal year 2023 budget request for the National Institute of Health on May 17, 2022. (Anna Rose Layden / Pool / AFP / Getty Images) FCC’s E-Rate program needs to cover cybersecurity, senators told Amy McLaughlin, head of the cybersecurity program at K-12 tech group CoSN, said E-Rate needs to be updated to cover network defenses. May 18, 2022 By Benjamin Freed
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. (Greg Nash / Pool / AFP via Getty Images) Senators reintroduce bill funding state digital services The bill, from Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., would create a $100 million fund "tech strike teams" in state and local government. May 21, 2021 By Benjamin Freed