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House approves billions for broadband, AI and STEM education

from Governing

House approves billions for broadband, AI and STEM education Governing House appropriators have approved hundreds of billions of dollars in government funding for fiscal 2021, culminating in the Appropriations Committee's July 15 approval of legislation that would provide nearly $51 billion for the Homeland Security Department. With all 12 of the annual appropriations bills now approved by the committee, Congress is primed to spend heavily on a wide range of technologies. Appropriators set aside funds for cybersecurity on the eve of this November's elections, rural broadband for unconnected and hard-to-reach Americans, STEM education for the country's youth, and research into quantum computing and artificial intelligence. READ MORE

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