Funding for Colorado Springs cybersecurity project gets little attention in lean budget year

DENVER – An $8 million earmark in Colorado’s $26 billion budget has attracted almost no public discussion or scrutiny.

The vague line-item in the 581 page budget is for “Concerning Colorado and The United States (bill to be introduced).”

In a lean fiscal year, even the state’s most ardent fiscal conservatives won’t speak ill of the Democratic governor’s set-aside for a burgeoning cybersecurity program in Colorado Springs.

In fact, the author of the yet-to-be introduced bill is Sen. Kent Lambert, a Colorado Springs Republican known for his penny-wise work on the Joint Budget Committee. Lambert said the bill will be introduced next week and will spend the money rehabilitating a donated building in Colorado Springs and launching a ramped up cybersecurtiy program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. For the full article click here 

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