{"id":12657,"date":"2015-07-23T17:36:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T17:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2015\/07\/23\/dwindling-budgets-force-it-innovation-at-tsa\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:32:56","slug":"dwindling-budgets-force-it-innovation-at-tsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2015\/07\/23\/dwindling-budgets-force-it-innovation-at-tsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwindling budgets force IT innovation at TSA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A consistent series of recent IT budget cuts at the Transportation Security Administration \u2014 $65 million in reductions over the past three years \u2014 is forcing the organization to innovate, according to CIO Stephen Rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We have a lot of fixed infrastructure and we are having to look at fiscal year 2017 and beyond 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