Two-thirds of CISA personnel could be sent home under shutdown

The Department of Homeland Security estimated over the weekend that it would send home about two-thirds of employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the event of a government shutdown.

It’s the first time that the second Trump administration has released its contingency plan in response to what would happen if Congress doesn’t keep the government funded after Oct. 1 — something that looks likely at the moment. The furlough of two-thirds of CISA employees is also relatively close to the last time the Biden administration produced shutdown guidance in 2023.

According to the DHS document, 889 of CISA’s 2,540 personnel would keep working through a government funding lapse. That workforce estimate is from May, and could be smaller now. In 2023, DHS anticipated that it would keep 960 of its then-3,117 employees at work.

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