President Obama wants $105M to improve agencies’ digital footprint

President Barack Obama’s budget request includes $105 million to expand a digital strike force modeled on the team that turned around HealthCare.gov. The money will create digital teams in 25 top agencies, the White House said.

The effort aims to replicate the US Digital Service, an initiative launched by a former Google executive in 2014 to make the government more responsive to the public. In addition to creating the agency teams, the new money will also beef up the core US Digital Service to assist those new arms and help agencies better monitor how they use tech services and defend against cyberattacks.