Multiple CISA divisions targeted in shutdown layoffs, people familiar say

Several divisions in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency were affected in termination orders issued to the federal workforce on Friday evening, multiple people familiar told Nextgov/FCW.

Staff within the Stakeholder Engagement Division, as well as the cyber-defense agency’s Infrastructure Security Division, were targeted with reduction-in-force notices, or RIFs, said the people. OMB Director Russ Vought announced the actions on Friday in line with Trump administration promises to enact layoffs during the ongoing government shutdown.

The Integrated Operations Division is also believed to have been impacted, one of the people said. All sources in this story spoke on the condition of anonymity due to fear of reprisal from the Trump administration.

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