Sean Plankey nomination to lead CISA appears to be over after Thursday vote

Sean Plankey’s nomination to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency looks to be over following his exclusion from a Senate vote Thursday to move forward on a panel of Trump administration picks.

Multiple senators placed holds or threatened holds on his nomination, some related to cybersecurity. But the hold from Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., appeared to be the biggest hurdle. With Plankey’s exclusion from the resolution to advance a bevy of nominees that got a key vote Thursday, procedural issues make it unlikely that he will be the nominee going forward, sources told CyberScoop. The administration would have to re-submit his name for nomination next year.

Scott’s hold was related to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem partially terminating a Coast Guard cutter program contract with Florida-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group, multiple sources told CyberScoop. The Government Accountability Office issued a critical report on the program.

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