Money is appropriated for audits, budget systems and cybersecurity
What the document says“In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2029--”
The section appropriates four sums to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2029: $150,000,000 to replace business systems so as to speed the audits of the Department's financial statements under chapter 9A and section 2222 of title 10, United States Code; $200,000,000 to deploy automation and artificial intelligence toward the same audits; $10,000,000 to improve the budgetary and programmatic infrastructure of the Office of the Secretary of Defense; and $20,000,000 for defense cybersecurity programs of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
What the document actually says“In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2029--”
Money is set aside for the defense department. It is on top of what it already has. It is for fiscal year 2025 and can be spent through September 30, 2029.
Four sums are named. Two of them go to speeding up audits. One pays for budget work. One pays for research into computer security.
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