1. An apparatus for automated control and governance of technology procurement, the apparatus: a computing platform having a memory and at least one processor in communication with the memory; an application programming interface stored in the memory and executable by the processor; and a technology resource module stored in the memory, executable by the processor and including: a user interface application configured to present, to a technology resource user, a plurality of user interfaces for managing a technology resource control process, a technology resource request and data entry engine configured to (i) provide one or more of the user interfaces for initiating a technology resource request for procuring at least one of computing software or computing hardware, wherein the request includes user input of at least one project identifier associated with auxiliary applications, (ii) automatically, in response to initiating the technology resource request, implement the application programming interface to access, using the project identifiers, one or more of the auxiliary applications to retrieve data and provide entry of the retrieved data in requisite data entry fields, and (iii) receive user inputs to one or more of the requisite data entry fields, and an integration and validation engine configured to automatically validate data entries provided in the requisite data fields, by implementing the application programming interface to access one or more systems of record and compare the data entries to data in the systems of record, wherein successful validation of data entries is required prior to proceeding to a successive stage of the technology resource control process.