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AttemptedGovernment Efficiency and Cybersecurity

Committed to modernize outdated federal government IT systems through bipartisan legislation to strengthen cybersecurity and save taxpayer dollars.

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AttemptedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 85%

Both cited sources are reachable and support the rating. The Hassan press release (PRIMARY) documents her introducing and leading the bipartisan Legacy IT Reduction Act of 2023 with Cornyn (R-TX) on June 15, 2023, mapping word-for-word to the promise (inventory/retire outdated federal IT, strengthen cybersecurity, save taxpayer dollars); the load-bearing quote is verified verbatim on the page: the bill would "help strengthen cybersecurity, improve taxpayers' experience using these systems, and ultimately save taxpayer dollars." The page also establishes real leadership (lead sponsor, subcommittee chair, prior DHS modernization hearing) rather than a mere vote. The Nextgov article (REPUTABLE_SECONDARY) confirms verbatim that "The 2022 version of the bill passed the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee but never received a vote in the full Senate." I independently verified via Congress.gov/GovTrack that S.2032 was introduced by Hassan ("for herself and Mr. Cornyn"), approved by HSGAC, but was never enacted before the 118th Congress ended on Jan 3, 2025, and unpassed legislation is cleared from the books, with no evidence its provisions rode another enacted vehicle. This is a genuine, sustained, leadership-level effort that failed to become law, so no modernization or savings were realized — ATTEMPTED is accurate and does not overstate the evidence (it is if anything the conservative read given her clear leadership). Confidence held slightly below full only for the ATTEMPTED/CHAMPIONED boundary and the small residual chance a provision was quietly enacted elsewhere.

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