State and Local Digital Service Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 5/28/2021
Actions
- 2021-05-28Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2021-05-28Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-05-28 (00)
State and Local Digital Service Act of 2021
This bill provides support for the establishment of digital services in state, county, local, and tribal governments.
Specifically, the bill directs the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish (1) a Digital Service Grant Program to provide grants to such governments to establish or support a digital service team, and (2) a Digital Service Planning Grant Program to provide grants to create a plan to establish a digital service team.
The GSA must (1) report periodically to Congress and make publicly available on its website information regarding the grants, and (2) issue guidance to streamline the procurement of federal services and technology by states, local governments, and Indian tribes.
Cosponsors (3)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Subjects
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Digital media
- Federal-Indian relations
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Public contracts and procurement
- State and local government operations
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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