"Once hailed as a bipartisan success story, CISA - the federal government's main civilian cyberdefense agency - has become a political flashpoint. The Trump administration has vowed to "refocus" its mission amid Republican claims that CISA helped suppress free speech through past collaborations with social media companies to counter falsehoods about elections, COVID-19 and other divisive issues. The move may illustrate how political and structural pressures are reshaping the agency's workforce."
"Donaghy most recently served as acting executive assistant director for the Infrastructure Security Division and acting assistant director of the Stakeholder Engagement Division. Both offices have undergone major workforce reductions in recent weeks. Across the Department of Homeland Security, where CISA is housed, employees have been largely marked for reassignments to agencies focused on the Trump administration's border security and deportation work, Nextgov/FCW previously reported. Around a third of CISA's workforce has been terminated or offered deferred resignations since the start of this year."
Ryan Donaghy is transitioning from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to the Transportation Security Administration. Donaghy served as acting executive assistant director for the Infrastructure Security Division and acting assistant director of the Stakeholder Engagement Division. Both offices have experienced major workforce reductions in recent weeks. CISA has shifted from being hailed as bipartisan to a political flashpoint as the Trump administration vows to refocus its mission amid Republican claims that CISA collaborated with social media companies to counter falsehoods on elections, COVID-19 and other issues. Around a third of CISA's workforce has been terminated or offered deferred resignations since the start of the year. Donaghy has held multiple leadership and data-science roles at CISA since 2016, and agency acting director Madhu Gottumukkala thanked Donaghy for years of service.
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