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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 14, 2026 1:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NYS DEN <nysden-list@nysden.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> jschwartz@nysden.org <jschwartz@nysden.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NYSDEN-LIST] FW: [NDIA Listserv] DEA Rescission in the President's Proposed Budget</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Happy to answer questions for folks who havent followed this as closely, but the DEA is the act that included the money that funded the competitive grant that was cancelled early last year.</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#7EB0FF; background:white"><a href="mailto:JSchwartz@nysden.org"><span style="color:#7EB0FF">JSchwartz@NYSDEN.org</span></a></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Amy Huffman NDIA (she/her) via groups.io<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 14, 2026 12:34 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [NDIA Listserv] DEA Rescission in the President's Proposed Budget</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I am writing to share that in the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/budget_fy2027.pdf" originalsrc="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/budget_fy2027.pdf">President's proposed budget for
FY2027</a>, the administration has zeroed out <span class="x_asgive"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">aka rescinded</span></span> the funds Congress appropriated for the Digital Equity Act (DEA) in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">While the Administration 'canceled' the Digital Equity Act last year and terminated the existing grants, the funds have remained with Commerce because they were appropriated by Congress in the IIJA. That meant the
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">There are many more steps in the federal budgeting process, so this is not final; there is still time to advocate <span class="x_asgive"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">that this does not happen.</span></span>
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