US Slashes Pay Incentives at Already Weakened Cyber Agency

The Trump administration is ending a pay incentive program intended to hire and retain experts in the federal government’s primary civilian cybersecurity agency, which has already been depleted by firings, resignations and reassignments.

The program covered nearly half of employees at the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a part of the Department of Homeland Security known as CISA. It was created to help the agency compete with the private sector for top talent but has come under fire for mismanagement and abuse, including providing extra pay to employees without critical cybersecurity skills.