In his resolution to reinstate the staff, Choose James Ok. Bredar of the US District Courtroom in Maryland, mentioned the firings had been unlawful as a result of they weren’t preceded by discover to the states that might be impacted. He mentioned that opposite to the Trump administration’s place, the mass firings weren’t for performance-related causes and ought to be thought-about reductions in power, topic to state notifications and different procedural necessities.
Bredar ordered the companies, together with CISA, to reinstate the fired staff. He stayed the firings for 14 days and signaled he may rule on a everlasting injunction that may enable the staff to remain past the 14 days and maybe indefinitely.
CISA doc course of raises safety issues
It’s unclear why CISA posted its request for fired staff to ship a password-protected attachment containing personally identifiable data to a publicly promoted e mail handle. It’s additionally unclear how the password-protected doc course of would work. CISA didn’t reply to CSO’s request for clarification.
