Charlie Clark, senior correspondent for Government Executive, and Jack Fitzpatrick, congressional reporter for Bloomberg Government, discuss the short-term spending deal reached by Congress this week, and its impact on the federal workforce.

In our monthly update from the Thrift Savings Plan, Kim Weaver, director of external affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, discusses new retirement options for uniformed service members, and other items the TSP has planned for the first quarter of 2018.

Maria Horton, president and CEO of EmeSec, discusses how agencies can protect themselves against vulnerabilities from the Spectre & Meltdown bugs.