Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency reviews

Due to political appointees, it has become painfully, painfully woke. The diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda is being pushed so hard it seems like the agency forgets it has an actual mission to perform. I believe the agency also took a BIG credibility hit after the Elections 2020 debacle, where the former director claimed the infamous, “most secure election.” Cyber wise, yes it was very secure. Fraudulent activity wise? No, not even close. None of this was investigated. DHS doesn’t have a mechanism for field employees to even report fraudulent activity.

There are no standards on how to measure yourself against your peers or how to measure the success and effective of the agency. You will continue to hear that we are a new agency and are still coming up with these standards and practices, four years later. Human Resources is a touchy subject in this agency. The Office of Human Capital is plagued by the culture of mediocrity for years. Numerous people have had pay and retirement deduction issues. Hiring and advancement practices are somewhat dubious as well, with accusations of nepotism and favoritism being a constant concern. Even after you get a position offered, there has been delay of up to year or more before actually onboarding. There seems to be an inability for the different sections to be able to talk to each other. There is also seems to be a schism being developed between the Cyber and Physical areas of the agency, Political Leadership seems to be all in on Cyber and there is a feeling of being neglected by the Physical Security employees. Senior Leadership seems more worried about how the agency looks versus how competent it is when it comes meeting our Nation's needs. Although we as a workforce understand many of the initiatives that Political Leadership are implementing, they are being carried out in a heavy handed way which has negatively effected the morale of the workforce. It also does not help when Political Leadership has told the workforce that if they don't like their methods they should feel free to leave.