Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
Creates a DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program to voluntarily train non-cyber DHS employees for cybersecurity roles. The Director will develop curriculum, participation criteria, and offer training; the Under Secretary for Management will report on cybersecurity vacancies, recruit participants, institute policies including service agreements, and conduct outreach.
Left emphasizes workforce equity and funding needs; right emphasizes cost and federal expansion.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear administrative vehicle (a Director-led DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program) with defined duties and a multi-year reporting regime, but provides limited operational and fiscal detail needed for full execution.
Creates a DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program to voluntarily train non-cyber DHS employees for cybersecurity roles.
The Director will develop curriculum, participation criteria, and offer training; the Under Secretary for Management will report on cybersecurity vacancies, recruit participants, institute policies including service agreements, and conduct outreach.
The bill requires annual reports to congressional committees for seven years and inserts a new section into the Homeland Security Act table of contents.
Low controversy, narrow scope, and administrative focus raise probability absent funding hurdles or higher-priority legislative obstacles.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear administrative vehicle (a Director-led DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program) with defined duties and a multi-year reporting regime, but provides limited operational and fiscal detail needed for full execution.
Left emphasizes workforce equity and funding needs; right emphasizes cost and federal expansion.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Left emphasizes workforce equity and funding needs; right emphasizes cost and federal expansion.
Generally favorable: sees workforce development and internal mobility as positive for equity and government capacity.
Would want stronger commitments on funding, diversity, and retention safeguards.
Cautiously supportive: values workforce development and improved cybersecurity capacity, but seeks clarity on costs, measurable outcomes, and implementation details.
Skeptical but not uniformly opposed: supports stronger cybersecurity but worries about expanded federal programs, cost, and potential mission creep.
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Low controversy, narrow scope, and administrative focus raise probability absent funding hurdles or higher-priority legislative obstacles.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Left emphasizes workforce equity and funding needs; right emphasizes cost and federal expansion.
Low controversy, narrow scope, and administrative focus raise probability absent funding hurdles or higher-priority legislative obstacles.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear administrative vehicle (a Director-led DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program) with defined duties and a multi-year reporting regime, but p…
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