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Congress

6 federal workforce bills to watch this fall

Hiring reform, telework, locality pay, official time and paid leave are a just a handful of the federal workforce priorities currently pending in Congress.

Defense

NDAA amendment to give more authority to DoD components to buy cyber products

Agency Oversight

IRS seeks $104B for multi-year modernization fund to maintain customer service improvements

Federal Newscast

Oregon Senator fed up with data breaches, blasts Big Tech, demands mandatory standards

Federal Newscast

Oregon senator urges Biden to fire Social Security IG

Cybersecurity

Now both chambers of Congress are investigating Microsoft email breach

Hiring/Retention

Bipartisan bill would bar agencies from denying job applicants over weed use

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Federal Newscast

Senator wants agencies to investigate Microsoft's 'lax cybersecurity practices'

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Pay

Two-thirds of USPS rural carriers see significant pay cuts under new system

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Intelligence Community

Senators push major reforms to government’s security classification process

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Agency Oversight

Senate confirms Danny Werfel as commissioner focused on rebuilding IRS workforce

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Agency Oversight

IRS nominee Werfel outlines plan for ‘high-performing’ agency with $80B investment

The bud of a cannabis plant stands tall at a farm in Chonburi province, eastern Thailand on June 5, 2022. Marijuana cultivation and possession in Thailand was decriminalized as of Thursday, June 9, 2022, like a dream come true for an aging generation of pot smokers who recall the kick the legendary Thai Stick variety delivered. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Federal Newscast

Senator wants former and possibly current marijuana use to not count against clearance-seekers

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Agency Oversight

IRS plans pivot to Login.gov, lets users create online accounts without facial recognition

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Workforce

IRS creates 'surge team' to address backlog, scraps plan to close tax processing center

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IT Modernization

IRS walks away from facial recognition to access online tools after backlash

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the nomination of Chris Magnus to be the next U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Federal Newscast

Senator wants to know what agencies are doing to protect employee cell phones

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Federal Newscast

CISA: No organization in the public or private sector could've prevented SolarWinds breach

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2013 file photo, the Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md. Medicare’s financial problems have gotten worse, and Social Security’s can’t be ignored forever. The government’s annual assessment is a sobering checkup on programs vital to the middle class. The report from program trustees says Medicare will become insolvent in 2026, three years earlier than previously forecast. The report says Social Security will become insolvent in 2034, no change from the projection last year.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Management

SSA says it'll start to incrementally bring more employees back to field offices

FILE - In this June 5, 2015, file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. The Department of Homeland Security and FBI warned states earlier this year that Russia could look to interfere in the 2020 U.S. elections by covertly advising political candidates and campaigns. That's according to a law enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

People

CISA cyber exec resigns, another may be fired

The DoD Budget Brief is held at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 10, 2020. (DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James K. Lee)

Federal Newscast

Pentagon's top financial official Elaine McCusker to resign

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Federal Newscast

TSA inches closer to putting officers on general schedule despite veto threat

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Workforce

New SSA telework policies prompt criticism from employees, lawmakers