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government shutdown, Congress, government funding

Negotiators race to finish government funding bills after reaching deal on Homeland Security bill

Negotiators from Congress and the White House are scrambling to complete work on funding government agencies for the fiscal year and avoid a partial shutdown…

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U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cybersp/Staff Sgt. Jacob OsborneMarines with Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command pose for photos in the cybersecurity operations center at Lasswell Hall aboard Fort Meade, Maryland.

How the Marine Corps got ahead of the zero trust curve

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FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, an iPhone displays the Facebook app in New Orleans.  Facebook says it’s going all in to block the spread of bogus vaccine claims. In practice, that means the social network plans to ban a new bunch of false claims in addition to the old bunch of false claims about vaccines or COVID-19 that it has already banned.  (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Supreme Court rules public officials cannot block critics on social media, even from personal accounts

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Amelia Brust/Federal News NetworkContracting

DoD award lead times increased for higher value contracts

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wages, blue collar federal workers

Federal Wage System for blue-collar feds puts some above, others below, local rates

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Retirement, debt, TSP

Federal retirees especially have to pay attention to their debt profiles

Not all debt is evil if you manage it correctly. Retired federal manager Abe Grungold of AG Financial Services offers advice.

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SBOM, Software Bill of Materials

Agencies still seek software bills of material, not bills of goods

Software bills of materials. The code ingredients in software. They’ve become the object of study as a way to discover cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

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FILE- This Sept. 19, 2013, file photo shows workers at the Target Technology Innovation Center office in San Francisco.  The job market has changed under President Barack Obama's 8 years.  Young people are flooding in as the elderly retire.   (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

White House looking to invest more in younger government workforce

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Biden administration is eyeing more investments for federal early-career hiring in fiscal 2025.

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