Already, FEMA training courses for disaster preparedness and anti-terrorism preparedness have been postponed, she said. Some 40,000 people, many local officials and first responders, are affected by the absence of the courses, she said.
Nicholas Andersen, acting and deputy director of DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said about 60% of its workforce is furloughed or unable to work.
Andersen said while the agency is continuing to focus on cyberthreats, what has been scaled back or paused is the work to reduce systemic risk over time, make proactive assessments, coordinate planning, engage partners and strategic initiatives.
“The result is simple: risk is accumulating across the system,” he said.
The Coast Guard has not had enough funding to operate and pay its workers for 85 of the past 176 days, said Admiral Thomas Allen, Coast Guard vice commandant. The Coast Guard, part of the U.S. military, has ceased many preparations for
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