The administration requested the authority from Congress in President Joe Biden’s budget proposal for the 2023 fiscal year. The budget, which isn’t binding but comprises a wish list for agency funding, includes in some cases what the administration deems as a need for additional or new authority.
The last page of ONC’s portion of its justification for budget requests includes the request for the new authority, which Deputy National Coordinator Steve Posnack highlighted in a blog post Tuesday.
