Not everyone opposed the move, however, even as the board reviews the major Salt Typhoon telecom breach.

She said at her confirmation hearing that CISA needs to be “smaller, more nimble” and it has gone “far off-mission.”

At least one key Republican told CyberScoop that he wasn’t happy about the last-minute nature of the EO.

The initiative had led to tangible changes, Jack Cable said upon his exit from the agency as senior technical adviser.

A draft obtained by CyberScoop would give the sitting president a short window to sign it before his exit.

The guidance comes from the Office of the Director of National Cybersecurity and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

The agency is seeking public comment on its much-anticipated draft update to 2016’s PPD-41.

The annual defense spending bill contains money the FCC has sought to use to reimburse telecommunications carriers for removing Chinese equipment.

It would go beyond the FCC’s own proposal to regulate telecommunications carriers under federal wiretapping law.

The United States and other Western nations released guidance Tuesday designed to evict the China-linked group in the wake of the high-profile hack.