DHS Blocks Buyout Offers for Key Security Roles: A Comedy of Exemptions or Strategic Brilliance?
The Department of Homeland Security is barring some offices, like the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, from taking a deferred buyout offer due to national security concerns. Apparently, cybersecurity is so crucial that even a tempting exit strategy can’t lure them away—proving once again that leaving isn’t always the easiest option!
Hot Take:
Nothing says “You’re indispensable!” like being told you can’t take a buyout because your job is too important to national security. Forget the golden handshake, these cybersecurity warriors are getting the golden handcuff treatment!
Key Points:
- CISA and CBP employees are not allowed to participate in the deferred resignation program due to their roles in national security.
- The deferred resignation offer was sent to federal workers, excluding military, postal service, and national security positions.
- Exemptions highlight different agency responses to the severance program.
- CISA’s exclusion is notable amid Trump administration’s plans to cut the cyber agency’s size and scope.
- The DHS Cyber Safety Review Board saw a reduction in non-government members as part of cost-cutting measures.
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