Bloomberg Law
April 4, 2018, 6:27 PM UTC

Very Small Agency Tackling Very Big Problem of Election Meddling

Kenneth P. Doyle
Kenneth P. Doyle
Senior Editor, Money & Politics

• Agency set to distribute $380 million in funds to fight election meddling • Priorities include upgrading voting equipment, cybersecurity training

One of the federal government’s smallest agencies is taking on one of the country’s most pressing problems: foreign meddling in U.S. elections.

The Election Assistance Commission, which has an annual budget of less than $10 million and about 30 employees, wants to quickly distribute the $380 million provided by the fiscal 2018 spending package for security grants to state and local election authorities.

“The EAC is committed to making these funds available as soon as feasibly possible, and we ...

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