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Trump’s second term agenda to include cutting ‘slackers’’from federal workforce, former OMB official says

Donald Trump has promised to bring back Schedule F, which would exclude thousands of federal employees in policymaking positions from civil service protections. The post Trump’s second term agenda to include cutting ‘slackers’’from federal workforce, former OMB official says first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Microsoft: Happy 2025. Here’s 161 Security Updates

Microsoft today unleashed updates to plug a whopping 161 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, including three “zero-day” weaknesses that are already under active attack. Redmond’s inaugural Patch Tuesday of 2025 bundles more fixes than the company has shipped in one go since 2017.
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Microsoft fixes actively exploited Windows Hyper-V zero-day flaws

Microsoft has marked January 2025 Patch Tuesday with a hefty load of patches: 157 CVE-numbered security issues have been fixed in various products, three of which (in Hyper-V) are being actively exploited. The exploited Hyper-V vulnerabilities The exploited zero-days are CVE-2025-21333 (a buffer overflow bug), CVE-2025-21334 and CVE-2025-21335 (use after free flaws), and they all allow attackers to elevated their privilege to SYSTEM on compromised Windows and Windows Server machines. They affect a component of … More → The post Microsoft fixes actively exploited Windows Hyper-V zero-day flaws appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Rubrik heralds in new era of federal cyber recovery and resilience

The company’s Rubrik Security Cloud – Government is now FedRAMP-authorized, streamlining access to cyber recovery and resiliency capabilities. The post Rubrik heralds in new era of federal cyber recovery and resilience first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Best practices for developing soft skills in the federal workforce in 2025

The workplace has become more casual today. Here are some best practices for cultivating protocol and etiquette intelligence in 2025 and beyond. The post Best practices for developing soft skills in the federal workforce in 2025 first appeared on Federal News Network.
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DoD advisory board calls on the Pentagon to expand DIU

The Defense Innovation Board, an advisory group set up to provide independent recommendations to the defense secretary, is urging the Pentagon to expand the Defense Innovation Unit into a fully staffed central office that serves… The post DoD advisory board calls on the Pentagon to expand DIU first appeared on Federal News Network.
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DoD advisory board calls on the Pentagon to expand DIU

The Defense Innovation Board, an advisory group set up to provide independent recommendations to the defense secretary, is urging the Pentagon to expand the Defense Innovation Unit into a fully staffed central office that serves… The post DoD advisory board calls on the Pentagon to expand DIU first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Office of Special Counsel has ‘growing staffing concerns’ amid record caseload

The Office of the Special Counsel received a record 6,251 new cases in 2024. That includes 1,757 new disclosures from federal whistleblowers. The post Office of Special Counsel has ‘growing staffing concerns’ amid record caseload first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Office of Special Counsel has ‘growing staffing concerns’ amid record caseload

The Office of the Special Counsel received a record 6,251 new cases in 2024. That includes 1,757 new disclosures from federal whistleblowers. The post Office of Special Counsel has ‘growing staffing concerns’ amid record caseload first appeared on Federal News Network.
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The so-called budget is only the start of a lot of hard work

The top-line budget agreement Congress worked out last weekend doesn’t mean the work is done. Members still have to work out the agency-by-agency allocations. The post The so-called budget is only the start of a lot of hard work first appeared on Federal News Network.
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