Tracking IT funding
A sample of how much Congress allocated for information technology programs for fiscal 2001.
Agency Request Actual Use
Commerce $6 million $4 million* Fiber-optic network for headquarters
Commerce $15.8 million $19.8 million* Commerce Administrative Management
System
CDC $20 million not available* Local health office database
Customs $210 million $130 million* Automated Commercial Environment
(through (appropriations)
user fees)
Customs $123 million $123 million* To keep Automated Commercial System
running
DARPA $162 million $168 million Biological warfare defense program
DOD $1.74 billion $2.1 billion National missile defense system
DOD not applicable not applicable Navy Marine Corps Intranet
DOD $15.7 million $17.2 million Standard Procurement System
DOT $338 million $218 million Intelligent Transportation Systems program
Education $150 million $125 million* Teacher tech training
Education $450 million $450 million* Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
Education not available $50 million* School Technology and Readiness
program
FAA $178 million $117 million Standard Terminal Automation Replacement
System
FAA $107 million $111.8 million Wide Area Augmentation System
FAA $172 million $177.8 million Free Flight Phase One
FBI not available $20.7 million* Technology Upgrade Plan
(base funding)
FBI not available $25 million* Digital Storm program
HUD $100 million not available 1,000 community tech centers
IRS not available $72 million Added to IRS modernization pot
Justice $205 million not available* Radio systems
Labor $7 million not available* Paperless office initiative
Labor $60 million not available* IT investment fund
NARA $563,000 $563,000* E-storage system development
NARA $4.5 million $4.5 million* Telephone and wide-area network upgrade
NARA $1.3 million $1.3 million* Online information system improvements
NASA $252 million $277 million Earth Observing System Data and Information
System
NIH $147 million not available* Biomedical Information Science and Technology
Initiative
NOAA $213 million $210 million* Polar satellite and launching
NOAA $290 million $290 million* Geostationary satellite and launching
NSF $326.91 million $215 million Information Technology Research program
NSF $216.65 million $150 million Nanoscale Science and Engineering program
NSF $45 million $45 million Second terascale computing facility
SBA $24 million not available Computer network modernization
State $17 million $17 million* Pilot program to link overseas agencies
together
Treasury $55 million not available* Integrated Treasury Network
USDA $75 million $60 million Common computing environment
* Not yet law
Source: FCW and congressional reports
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