DHS cancels federal neurodiversity workforce contract

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has cancelled a contract project aimed at filling talent gaps by improving the recruitment and retention of people with autism and other neurodivergent conditions.

The contract’s termination upends a years-long effort, started under the first Trump administration, to recognize neurodiversity across the federal government. Data from CISA’s pilot project would have helped inform broader efforts to fill talent gaps at the Department of Homeland Security and across agencies.

DHS terminated the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s “neurodiverse federal workforce” contract with MITRE on Jan. 23. In the public notice, DHS and CISA gave little explanation for the contract’s termination.

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