CISA tells staff to not speak with reporters, internal email shows

“CISA does not comment on leaked internal emails, especially when they’re about leaking internal emails,” CISA Director of Public Affairs Marci McCarthy told Nextgov/FCW when asked for comment.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a Friday email to staff telling them to not speak to news reporters in an unauthorized capacity.

“In today’s culture of information saturation, it is imperative that we ensure all official information communicated on behalf of CISA is current, accurate, unbiased, and authoritative. This includes any official information communicated to the media,” reads part of the note issued by agency acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala.

CISA is “committed to a culture of transparency” but also has a “responsibility to ensure we meet the imperative laid out above and to that end, the Office of the Chief External Affairs Office (OCEAO/ /EA) is the only office authorized to facilitate official communication with the media ...