Quick Hits

*** Many federal employees are being granted an exemption for outside employment that qualifies them to seek temporary jobs with the Census Bureau for the 2020 population count. A Feb. 6 memo from Dale Cabaniss, director of the Office of Personnel Management, urged agency heads to "make your employees aware of this information so that they may take advantage of these short-term employment opportunities." A Census FAQ includes a list of the more than 40 federal agencies that have dual employment agreements covering temporary work as enumerators.

*** Science Applications International Corp. is buying the U.S. federal business of Unisys Corp. for $1.2 billion. The deal is expected to close by June of this year, according to a report in Washington Technology. Unisys Federal's chief Venkatapathi "PV" Puvvada will join SAIC in a yet to be determined role, WT reports.