Bridget Bean, the former acting head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the early months of the second Trump administration, is raising serious concerns about the lack of Senate-confirmed senior leadership at the Department of Homeland Security, arguing that it’s hamstringing DHS’s ability to execute the president’s priorities.
“I am really concerned about the lack of permanent, confirmed people,” she said in her first interview about federal agencies under DHS since retiring from government late last year. “You’ve got to get leaders in there.” She added that having officials confirmed by the Senate is “very different than someone in an acting capacity who is serving in the role. It’s not the same.”
