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*** AT&T might be back in the running for a Social Security Administration telephony contract worth more than $500 million. Washington Technology has more.

*** A group of 11 lawmakers from the National Capital Region urged Trump administration officials to let federal employees and service members decide for themselves whether to participate in a payroll tax deferment. In an Sept. 8 letter led by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), lawmakers urged the administration, "to immediately reverse course and pursue an opt-in system that will allow federal employees to freely choose whether or not to have their payroll taxes deferred."