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Head of US cybersecurity agency says she hopes it keeps up election work under Trump

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Jen Easterly is the outgoing head of the U.S. government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency .

She says she hopes her agency will be able to keep up its election-related work.

Several Republican lawmakers and right-wing groups have advocated to have CISA shuttered, gutted or reduced.

CISA is responsible for protecting critical infrastructure, including dams, banks and nuclear plants.