Congressional Update: Cyber funding gets a foothold, nominees and election reform advance

The cyber agency and federal IT managers may get new resources after all in the pending COVID-19 relief measure, while the Senate continues work to fill out security-related posts in President Biden’s Cabinet, and House Democrats have added cyber provisions to the election reform bill moving toward a final vote in that chamber.

On nominations, the Senate Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Gina Raimondo to lead the Commerce Department, while the Senate Intelligence Committee approved the nomination of William Burns for...