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It's taken a while, but the Pentagon is making a lot more use of special pay and hiring authorities Congress gave it to hire cyber experts. DoD has ramped up its use of direct hire authority for cyber civilians. Over the past year, about half the people hired into the cyber accepted service joined via this expedited process, not the competitive ranking system the government uses for most civilian positions as Federal News Network's Jared Serbu reports, it's had an impact on the department's vacancy rate for cyber jobs.

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Any parent of at-home children worries about cybercrime and the potential for exploitation. My next guest says the threats are worse for children of military families. He should know as a parent of two and as a former deputy commander of the U.S. Cyber Command. Retired Air Force Lieutenant General Charlie Moore joins me now.

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The new Congress will look a lot different from the one that expires in a few weeks. Budget discussions for both this fiscal and next are scrambled. Plus there's a load of internal business the outcome of which will have a big effect on federal agencies. More now from Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan.

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Federal contractors have more questions than answers when it comes to the forthcoming Trump administration. Among the top questions: What will a budget deal now look like? And what about 2026 now in preparation by the agencies. We get some insight now from the president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau.

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It takes more than a gimme duffel bag and a sticker to recruit people to the Army these days. Much less to get to stick around once they do join. And yet the Army has large and crucial recruiting needs. That's one reason is created a new specialty talent acquisition technician. And a special school just for them. It's all part of a larger workforce transformation. We get the latest from the lead offer in charge of workforce redesign, Colonel Christine Rice. And the faculty and staff development chief of the Army Recruiting and Retention College, Zenon Zacharj.

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The Energy Department worries about cyber attacks on U.S. power networks. DOE's Office of cyber security, energy security and emergency response, CESER has the job of addressing those risks. It's now putting into operation a test project to share more cyber threat data with the energy sector. It's called the Energy Threat Analysis center, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday spoke with the director of the Center.

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President Elect Donald Trump is promising to bring back Schedule F making it easier to fire certain federal employees. The outgoing Biden administration put measures in place to delay it, but the outgoing team can't stop it. Besides, the incoming Trump administration has other tools to reshape the federal workforce that includes administrative leave, agency relocations and spending priorities. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman joins us with more in our ongoing transition coverage.

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