CISO Venice Goodwine has placed an emphasis on standardizing position descriptions in an effort to develop a workforce that can support new cyber capabilities.

Both agencies will be using the money to transition from legacy systems to modern, cloud-based versions.

"I didn't consider it a leap of faith at all," Perdue said. "I've seen it work."

The FarmBeats platform can build machine-learning models across disparate datasets monitoring soil and weather, and the agency hopes to bring it to 200-plus research stations and farms nationwide.

Some “workstreams” have been completed, while others will continue into the new fiscal year.

The department is looking for current employees who have served in leadership roles and want to lead its information technology community.