Dive Brief:
- The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is reaching out to probationary workers who were terminated over the past two months following a court ruling to reinstate fired staffers at 18 agencies.
- A U.S. District Court judge granted a motion for a temporary restraining order Thursday in Maryland v. the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A group of 20 states and the District of Columbia filed suit earlier this month alleging the cuts were illegal and without proper notice.
- CISA is asking probationary workers who were cut after Jan. 20 to notify the agency. If they are found to fall within the court order, they will be reinstated as of March 17, according to a post on the agency website. Those workers will be placed on administrative leave, which is a paid, non-duty employment status.
Dive Insight:
The CISA outreach marks an abrupt reversal of a controversial policy to enact massive cuts within the federal workforce since the Trump administration took office.
Administration officials have said the cuts were necessary to eliminate fraud, waste and abuse of federal funds However, critics have accused…
