CISA Staff Offered Deferred Resignation: A Comedic Exit Strategy or National Security Concern?
CISA staff can now take the deferred resignation offer, reversing last week’s exemption. This change allows employees to resign by Feb. 6 and still get paid until Sept. 30. With CISA under scrutiny for alleged bias and misinformation policing, the Trump administration aims to downsize and refocus the cyber agency.
Hot Take:
In a plot twist worthy of a daytime soap opera, CISA employees now have the option to ghost their jobs, courtesy of a deferred resignation offer. While cybersecurity is crucial, maybe it’s time for some staff to explore their side hustles in cybersecurity stand-up comedy or ethical hacking! After all, why stick around when you can get paid to leave? It’s the ultimate ‘quit-your-job-sale’ — everything must go, including you!
Key Points:
- CISA employees can now accept a deferred resignation offer until September 30, if they resign by February 6.
- The offer was initially restricted for national security reasons but has now been reversed.
- The Trump administration aims to shrink CISA, focusing less on misinformation and more on core cybersecurity functions.
- DHS Secretary Kristi Noem advocates for a smaller, more adaptable CISA.
- The offer was disseminated to all federal employees via a new email server installed at OPM.
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