CISA scrambles to contact fired employees after court rules layoffs ‘unlawful’

The U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency is scrambling to contact more than 130 former employees after a federal court ruled that the Trump administration must reinstate workers it “unlawfully” fired. U.S. District Judge James Bredar last week ordered the Trump administration to reinstate employees laid off across a number of U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The ruling focuses on federal probationary employees, which includes workers who were hired or promoted within the past three years. CISA fired 130 probationary employees in February, as part of the Trump administration’s broad push to slash the federal workforce. Contact Us Have you been affected by the CISA layoffs? From a non-work device, you can contact Carly Page securely on Signal at +44 1536 853968 or via email at [email protected]. CISA is now seeking to contact the since-fired employees, accor ... Read full article.