Summarized by the Alliance for Fort Gordon
Published January 23, 2026
A new bill will require the Pentagon to assess whether its current efforts to recruit, train and retain cyber talent are working — and to produce a new department-wide plan aimed at addressing persistent cyber workforce gaps.
The legislation, titled the Department of Defense Comprehensive Cyber Workforce Strategy Act of 2025, tasks the Pentagon with developing a cyber workforce strategy and delivering a detailed report to Congress by Jan. 31, 2027.
Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), the bill’s sponsors, want the Pentagon to assess progress made and remaining gaps in implementing the DoD’s 2023–2027 Cyber Workforce Strategy, and identify which elements of the current strategy should be continued or dropped.