CISA hiring..

I’m hearing multiple reports of hiring surges in agencies, such as CISA, that did RIFs last year. A RIF requires an agency to determine that there is “a surplus of employees at a particular location in a particular line of work.” 5 C.F.R. 351.201(a)(1). Every plaintiff who’s suing over a RIF should compare the functions of these new vacancy announcements to the jobs they did before they were RIFed, and for language in the announcements suggesting that hiring is politically weighted or coded. If the jobs are similar, that will be evidence that last year’s RIFs were not based on a legitimate lack of work, were improper, and that the employees should be reinstated with back pay.

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NEWS: After losing roughly 1,000 staff over the past year, CISA is planning to make 329 “mission-critical” hires in the coming months. DHS has also approved re-implementing flexible work schedules and alternative work schedules at CISA.