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New cyber laws likely on back burner

A leading House proponent of cybersecurity legislation is doubtful new cyber laws will pass during the lame duck session.

Tags: cybersecurity , cybersecuirty update , legislation , laws , Yvette Clark , Federal Drive , Technologies , lame duck session , industry

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Federal pay raises up in the air

Raise or no raise? The Senate Appropriations Committee last summer approved a 1.4 percent pay raise for federal workers. This is now up in the air as the lame duck Congress sits down.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , pay raise , pay freeze , lame duck , House

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Federal pay raises up in the air

Raise or no raise? The Senate Appropriations Committee last summer approved a 1.4 percent pay raise for federal workers. This is now up in the air as the lame duck Congress sits down.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , pay raise , pay freeze , lame duck , House

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Has government hit mute on contracting officers' innovation?

Tags: GAO , Professional Services Council , Grant Thornton , contracting , innovation , Dorobek Insider , Jason Miller

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Post-election exodus: Up to 1,800 Dem staffers laid off

Politico estimates as many as 1,800 Democratic staffers will lose their jobs after the Republican victories in the midterms.

Tags: Must Reads , Dorobek Insider , Politico , Election 2010 , Democrats , layoffs , exodus

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Former Comptroller General gives Boehner advice

Former Comptroller General David Walker has advice for presumed Rep. John Boehner (R-OH). Walker has already sent Boehner a letter about how to get the nation's fiscal house in order.

Tags: Congressional Spotlight , lame duck , lame duck session , John Boehner , David Walker , Comeback America Initiative , Federal Drive

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Trade fair offers a vision of Telework 2020

Futurologists gather to discuss the workforce of 2020.

Tags: technology , Telework Ceter , telework , Polycom , Suzanne Kubota

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Lawmakers face $1 trillion decision

Congress faces no good options in dealing with the $1 trillion pricetag of funding government through next year.

Tags: Politico , budget , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider

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Hopes for an omnibus dim after elections

Democratic insiders question if anything more than a stopgap spending measure and temporary extension of Bush-era tax cuts can pass. The Hill's Molly Hooper brings us the latest.

Tags: Federal Drive , FY 2011 budget , appropriations , omnibus spending , The Hill , Molly Hooper , Suzanne Kubota , hiring freeze , pay and benefits , furlough , shutdown , continuing resolution

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Issa plans hundreds of hearings

Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman-in-waiting for the House Oversight Committee, said he will expand oversight of government.

Tags: Darrell Issa , oversight , House Oversight Committee , transparency , Republicans , Politico , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider

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