The National Governors Association (NGA) has signed onto a letter, with the leading organizations representing state and local government, urging congress to reauthorize the State and Local Cyber Security Grant Program (SLCGP). The letter reads in part:
“As the collective voice of state and local governments, we urge you to reauthorize the State and Local Cyber Security Grant Program (SLCGP). This critical program has provided states and local governments with the resources they need to bolster their cybersecurity defenses and assisted in modernizing technology systems across the country.
“On September 2nd, the House Homeland Security Committee voted in an overwhelmingly bi-partisan manner to extend this program, renamed the Protecting Information by Local Leaders for Agency Resilience Act, for ten years. This vote reflects the consensus that cybersecurity is a bipartisan issue, a national security priority and an immediate concern for members on both sides of the aisle. As Congress continues working to reauthorize this grant program, we urge you to strongly support its successful continuation by ensuring that any reauthorization is accompanied by a robust appropriation that will allow the program to meet the goals outlined by its authors. States and localities are firmly committed to protecting our nation’s residents and our infrastructure but cannot achieve the level of security needed without federal support.”
