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Tech Modernization Fund's $310M is enough, GSA chief says

FedScoop: The head of the General Services Administration said Tuesday she believes the potential $310 million in total requested for Tech Modernization Fund should be enough to spark successful modernization projects across the government.

The recent omnibus bill approved $100 million in appropriations for the fund created by the Modernizing Government Technology Act late last year, and GSA requested another $210 million for the fund in fiscal 2019 — the last year in which the agency is authorized to request money for the TMF. Emily Murphy, GSA’s administrator, told lawmakers on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government she thinks that sum will be enough as “a proof of concept.”

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