Obama raises budget to spend $19 billion to strengthen cybersecurity

On the 9th, US President Barack Obama submitted the government budget for the fiscal year 2017 to Congress, totaling 4.1 trillion US dollars. One of the highlights is to plan to spend $19 billion to strengthen US cybersecurity.

According to this budget, the new fiscal year (starting on October 1 this year) US federal government spending totaled 4.1 trillion US dollars, up about 5% over the previous fiscal year. Obama believes that this budget is a "road map" for the future, but many American media refer to it as the "wish list" of the last year of Obama's term. He hopes to "cut the rich and help the poor" in taxation and further reduce carbon. Emissions, increased investment in education, combating "Islamic State", and strengthening national security.

One of the highlights of this budget is that "cybersecurity" spending has increased by 35% over the previous fiscal year, and funds are allocated to departments such as the Department of Defense, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Federal Personnel Administration to upgrade government agencies. Network security infrastructure, obsolete obsolete computer systems, and recruitment of outstanding network security talents.

Obama said on the same day that cyber threats are one of the "most urgent" dangers facing the US economy and national security, and there is an urgent need to strengthen information security. His $19 billion cybersecurity program addresses the short- and long-term challenges facing the United States, and the government will establish a high-level committee on cybersecurity to understand trends in technology innovation and cyber threats.


The budget also shows that the White House plans to further combat climate change, invest 320 billion US dollars to develop clean transportation infrastructure, 11 billion US dollars to develop clean energy; plan to invest 150 billion US dollars to strengthen research and development in biomedical and space exploration; national security, White House plan investment The $11 billion continues to fight and destroy the "Islamic State" extremist organization and support the search for a political solution for the Syrian civil war.

Many US media believe that since the Senate and the House of Representatives are controlled by the Republican Party, Obama’s budget is only a "political document" of the Democratic Party. There are political hopes for pleasing the Democratic Party’s grassroots voters and "adding points" to the Democratic Party candidates. Pass in Congress. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ryan, said on the 9th that the United States should solve its fiscal problems and should not continue to promote government expansion at the expense of ordinary people. The Republican Party will launch its own version of the budget.

Due to the huge differences between the two parties on the budget issue, senior White House officials said on the 9th that they hope to at least reach a consensus with Congress on the funding of cancer research and the expansion of tax cuts for low-income groups.