House appropriations bills emphasize spending to address supply chain threats, cloud security

House appropriators are investing in helping agencies address supply chain threats across government and fulfill requirements from President Biden’s 2021 cyber executive order including cloud migrations.

The House Appropriations Committee held a series of markups over the past two weeks to consider and approve fiscal 2023 spending bills.

For the Commerce Department, lawmakers approved NIST’s request for an $18 million increase to fund cybersecurity activities and also provided funds to create a new office at the Bureau of Industry...