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Air Force's Kessel Run expands its ranks
In its first civilian-focused hiring event, the Air Force’s software factory Kessel Run looks to bring on about 30 new personnel.
People
OPM warns that back pay could be wonky
The Office of Personnel Management is directing agencies to pay employees impacted by the partial shutdown as soon as possible, but warns that the initial payroll could require some corrections after the fact.
People
OMB recalls feds to work
The Office of Management and Budget issued a memo instructing agencies to reopen after a continuing resolution ending the 35-day shutdown was signed into law.
People
Shutdown ends with three-week stopgap deal
President Trump announced a deal with Congress to fund the government while negotiations for border security priorities take place.
Cybersecurity
DHS faces immediate and long-term problems from the shutdown
The shutdown is having lasting effects on the mission at the Department of Homeland Security, with some effects more evident than others, according to ex-agency officials.
People
Legislators look for new ways to pay feds
As furloughed feds and those working without pay face a second missed paycheck, some in Congress are looking for solutions outside of a funding deal.
Cybersecurity
Feds, union chief arrested protesting shutdown on Capitol Hill
While lawmakers and the White House traded barbs and remained deadlocked, protesting feds and supporters flooded a Senate office building.
People
Second month of furlough brings changes for workforce
Federal agencies shuttered due to the shutdown sent out a second round of furlough notices in recent days, while the Office of Personnel Management updated guidance regarding leave accrual, retirement benefits and health care enrollment.
People
Month-long shutdown shows no signs of ending
Furloughed feds and those working without pay face a second payday without a check, as a bid for wall funding from the Trump White House appears dead on arrival in Congress.
Cybersecurity
Air Force looks to data standards in 2019
Air Force Undersecretary Matthew Donovan pushes tech innovation and massive IT changes for the coming year.
People
Feds protest shutdown and Senate GOP at Nats Park
Frustration among rank-and-file federal employees is mounting as the shutdown stretches on with no end in sight.
People
FAA looks to ease drone flight rules
FAA wants to make it easier for commercial drones to fly over people and at night, but the ongoing shutdown is stalling the adoption of new regulations.
Acquisition
DOD acquisition reform panel looks to sunset Clinger-Cohen
The final report from the Section 809 Panel charged with defense acquisition reform thinks the era of the central CIO might be coming to a close.
Modernization
IRS recalls employees to work without pay
With tax filing season colliding with the shutdown, the IRS is bringing back tens of thousands of employees to process returns -- and most IT staffers were already excepted and on the job.
People
Judge denies injunction in shutdown case
A federal judge denied an injunction in a union lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the practice of requiring some feds to work without pay during a shutdown. An injunction could have required feds currently deemed essential or excepted to be sent home.
People
Lawsuit could send unpaid feds home during shutdown
A lawsuit filed by the National Treasury Employees Union challenging the constitutionality of not paying federal employees during a lapse in appropriations could result in sending home feds unpaid amid the shutdown.
People
Shutdown enters day 23 with no end in sight
Feds on furlough or working without pay didn't hear much encouraging news from politicians over the weekend.
People
NITAAC expects post-shutdown push
The manager of the National Institute of Health's governmentwide acquisition contracting vehicles says federal customers will have to rush to meet fiscal 2019 purchasing deadlines after the shutdown.
People
Shutdown's far-reaching effects could extend skyward
The shutdown is taking a toll on essential federal programs, including air traffic control and safety.
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