State lawmakers are considering plans to fund supports for Maryland’s cybersecurity and life sciences sectors administered by local economic development agency Tedco.

Universities in Maryland have supported a potential $16m state government program intended to spur local innovation in the cybersecurity and the life sciences sectors, Baltimore Business Journal reported on Thursday.
The budget has been earmarked under a bill currently under scrutiny in the state legislature to set up a funding initiative called the Maryland Technology Infrastructure Program.
University System of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University have testified in support of the bill.
Liz Burger, senior director of strategic…