Federal programs are starting to feel the sting of a lack of appropriations, including, possibly, the White House’s technology modernization efforts.

USDA will notably receive its second round of funding through the program.

As Congress debates whether to fund the TMF in 2019, its board members are already weighing new IT modernization projects.

"I've threatened this before, but if other agencies aren't going to go after the rest of that money — I am," Department of Energy CIO Max Everett said.

The Senate passed appropriations legislation that includes $154 billion in discretionary funding, but not a penny is going to the TMF, as it stands.

Here's what the Technology Modernization Fund Board has to say about why Energy, Agriculture and HUD won in the first round of awards.