HHS Budget Would Cut Several Cyber-Related Programs

The Trump administration’s HHS budget request would cut $6.19 million from the office responsible for enforcing data privacy and security requirements. The HHS proposal for fiscal 2018 seeks $65.3 billion in overall discretionary spending, including $32.5 million for the Office of Civil Rights, which represents a $6.19 million cut in current spending, according to the budget justification document sent to Congress. The entirety of this cut would come from the Civil Rights and Health Information Privacy program, which enforces the...