Not good. The US federal government is hiring fewer and fewer people in cybersecurity roles in the face of budget slashing

Instead of the 75-plus agencies that typically showed up to the in-person fair, roughly 40 agencies were at February’s virtual event.

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/04/cybercorps-grads-consider-private-sector-as-fed-hiring-challenges-persist/