"The Monday letter - led by Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., and also signed by Reps. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., Eugene Vindman, D-Va., and Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, along with Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C. - argues that DHS violated the Antideficiency Act when it reassigned those Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency staff to roles within Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Protective Service and Customs and Border Protection."
"The Antideficiency Act prohibits agencies from spending or obligating funding without congressional approval during a government shutdown. Amid the ongoing lapse in federal funding, the moves "raise serious concerns" about the Trump administration's motives, the lawmakers say in the missive, which was first viewed by Nextgov/FCW. "It is difficult to understand how defending the nation's cyber and physical infrastructure could be viewed as inconsistent with the president's stated goal of protecting the homeland," the letter says."
House Democrats requested Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem explain why DHS reassigned many CISA cybersecurity personnel to roles at ICE, CBP and the Federal Protective Service and how those shifts affect U.S. cyberdefenses. The lawmakers contend the reassignments violated the Antideficiency Act by reallocating staff during a lapse in federal funding. Termination notices targeted CISA's Stakeholder Engagement and Infrastructure Divisions, teams responsible for coordinating with public and private partners to identify and prevent cyberattacks. Lawmakers urged immediate reclassification of transferred personnel back into cyber defense roles, noting reassignments occurred over several weeks.
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