February 9, 2007 at 16:05$ 65.5 billion allocated to IT in US annual budget
The US budget for 2008 will be focused on information security. This was stated by the representative of President George W. Bush, InfoWorld writes .
Of the $ 65.5 billion, $ 31.4 billion will be received by the Ministry of Defense, $ 5.6 billion by the Ministry of Health, and $ 4.1 billion by the Ministry of National Security.
During a press conference on this event, a hard drive was also mentioned containing personal data on 26.5 million military veterans and their families and stolen from the home of one of the employees of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs. In addition, it is known that over the past five years, employees of various government agencies have lost several thousand laptops with classified information.
Of the $ 65.5 billion, $ 31.4 billion will be received by the Ministry of Defense, $ 5.6 billion by the Ministry of Health, and $ 4.1 billion by the Ministry of National Security.
During a press conference on this event, a hard drive was also mentioned containing personal data on 26.5 million military veterans and their families and stolen from the home of one of the employees of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs. In addition, it is known that over the past five years, employees of various government agencies have lost several thousand laptops with classified information.