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The budget continues the agency's campaign to stabilize and enhance the resiliency of its aging information technology (IT) infrastructure and operational processes and includes funding to implement its five-year IT Modernization Plan and Roadmap. The budget also includes funding for FDiTech to help develop and advance new technologies that address challenges in the banking industry.
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