One Year After DOGE Cuts, Cybersecurity Agency Struggles Over Staffing
Lawmakers and experts question whether the federal government's cyber defense agency can recover from losing roughly one-third of its workforce.
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2026 – The cyber threats facing the United States are growing more sophisticated – yet the agency tasked with defending against those threats is still rebuilding after losing roughly one-third of its workforce.
More than a year after the Department of Government Efficiency's sweeping workforce reductions at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, lawmakers, cybersecurity experts and former officials are questioning whether the nation's primary cyber defense agency can fully carry out its mission amid rising threats from foreign hackers and growing concerns about election security.
