"The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency would have its funding slashed by $495 million to a $2.38 billion allocation in President Trump's proposed budget for fiscal 2026.
The falloff marks a stark reversal in budgetary trends for CISA, which saw its funding either climb or stay relatively flat over the past five years.
Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security secretary, has said she wants CISA to focus more on its core mission of protecting critical infrastructure and civilian federal agencies, and has criticized its past efforts in election security and monitoring disinformation.
The budget will reduce the number of employees in CISA's election-security program and shutter the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
Under the proposed budget, CISA would be far leaner. Along with funding cuts for various programs, the budget proposes a head-count reduction of about 1,000 positions, around one-third of its workforce.
CISA has braced for sweeping cuts since President Trump returned to office. The Cyber Safety Review Board, a joint public-private committee set up to investigate significant cyber incidents, was dissolved in January.
Democrats and some Republicans have criticized efforts to reduce CISA's operations at a time when cyber threats are perceived to be at a record. On Friday, Sens. Mark Warner (D., Va.), Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.), Elissa Slotkin (D., Mich.) and Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) wrote to Noem, urging her to reinstate the Cyber Safety Review Board.” [1]
In Lithuania, taxpayers are also paying dearly for monitoring disinformation. It's time to stop the stupid games.
1. U.S. News: Budget Would Hit U.S. Cyber Agency. Rundle, James. Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y.. 03 June 2025: A4.
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