The Harlow Report-GIS
2023 Edition
ISSN 0742-468X
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first published week of: 04/03/2023
What Local Governments Want from Federal Cyber Grants
by Jule Pattison-Gordon
As states ready plans for year one of the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program and look ahead to year two’s NOFO, local governments should advocate for what they want. High on those lists: MFA, threat monitoring and cyber training.
State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) monies are getting closer to materializing. Forty-eight states applied — all successfully — and now one step stands between them and fresh funding: getting a cybersecurity plan submitted and approved.
Local governments may find this a prime time to get vocal about how this year’s grant monies — or the following’s — could help meet their needs.
“So far there are several [states] very close to getting the money, but the actual funding delivered to any state hasn't happened — at least as of Monday [Mar. 20],” said Rita Reynolds, CIO of the National Association of Counties (NACo) during a FedInsider webinar last Thursday. Reynolds said she’s been able to listen in on some regular calls about the grant program and process, and that a number of county CIOs are members of their state’s grant planning committees.
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