State leaders renew call for cyber grant program’s renewal
Screenshot via House Homeland Security Committee on YouTube
ByChris Teale,
Managing Editor, Route Fifty
May 26, 2026 06:36 PM ET
The State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program is facing down a September deadline for reauthorization. Without it, officials warned that current efforts would lose momentum.
State leaders once again reiterated their calls for Congress to reauthorize and fund a popular cybersecurity grant program at a House hearing last week.
Officials said the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program, which has been reauthorized by the House but awaits action in the U.S. Senate before it expires in September, has been helpful for governments looking to build their cyber resilience against growing threats and must be allowed to continue.
“The scale, speed, and complexity of today’s threat environment require sustained funding, operational flexibility, and the ability to respond at the pace of emerging threats,” Tennessee Chief...
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