Carten Cordell

@GovCIOMedia Staff Writer, Fmr @GovExec, @NextgovFCW, @wbjonline, @fedscoop, @FederalTimes, @MedillSchool & #NPFPaulMiller alum, Retweets ≠ endorsements.

[Carten Cordell @wccordell]

.@CISAgov officials are touting what they call the CDM program's "Rosetta Stone" of network mitigation tools, and they want to offer it to federal civilian agencies for free, via @GovCIOMedia. https://t.co/EMVThUkxHy

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“It’s one thing to lose some data, that’s bad, it’s another thing if you start losing systems,” said Adrian Stanger, Cybersecurity Directorate Senior Cryptographic Authority at @NSAgov, about the potential quantum decryption threat. https://t.co/EkigoNfmq9

[Carten Cordell @wccordell]

In the meantime, I'll be exploring new opportunities in government contracting, emerging technology, workforce and the myriad of other news beats I've been fortunate enough to be a part of over the years.

[Carten Cordell @wccordell]

The layoff wheel has finally landed on me, and my time at GovExec has come to an end. Thank you to Heather Kuldell-Ware, @Frank_Konkel and @TBallardBrown for the opportunity. Best wishes to my GE colleagues. The work you do is important and it was a pleasure sharing it with you.

[Carten Cordell @wccordell]

A joint memo from OMB Director Russ Vought and OPM Director Scott Kupor Wednesday laid out plans to encompass all federal HR management data into a single technology platform by fiscal 2028, @GovExec. https://t.co/rBv14f4TTH

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With the current government shutdown becoming the longest budget stalemate in history, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., wants to know how OPM plans on continuing to pay for federal employees’ health insurance, via @GovExec. https://t.co/0YHDhwUUby

[Carten Cordell @wccordell]

“This is a book with gravity, a book that needed to be done” - @MedillSchool alum @RealMikeWilbon on fellow alum @cbrennansports’ new book, “On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports”

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@audrey_decker9 Congrats!

[Eric Katz @EricM_Katz]

SCOOP: The Veterans Affairs Department is putting caps on its staffing, according to a leaked memo I got, leading to the elimination of positions. VA is tightening hiring, creating significant hurdles for any office go over the new caps.

VA expected to target vacancies for cuts

[Eric Katz @EricM_Katz]

SCOOP: The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, based in GA and responsible for training hires at 75 agencies, is pausing operations for anyone besides ICE.

It's responsible for training DHS components like Border Patrol + TSA, military police, etc. Now paused thru Dec. 👇

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.@SenatorBaldwin is resurrecting legislation aimed at extending military health care coverage to an estimated 130,000 troops in the National Guard and military reserves, via @GovExec. https://t.co/eYstK5Y3PR

[Natalie Alms @AlmsNatalie]

NEWS: The IRS is abandoning its layoff plans and is now actually working to plug mission-critical staffing gaps. Story with @EricM_Katz

https://t.co/fwKInhxoxo

[Carten Cordell @wccordell]

A proposed @usedgov regulation would introduce new enforcement authority to a department the Trump administration has spent much of the year trying to unwind, centered on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, via @GovExec. https://t.co/PU21nEVPrG

[Eric Katz @EricM_Katz]

NEW: Howard Lutnick, who department oversees the Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis, was asked today by employees there about independence of federal statistics. He said that independence was “nonsense,” and all that matters is accuracy and getting “the right answer.”

[Carten Cordell @wccordell]

To help fill a 3,000-person gap in the air traffic control workforce, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is pushing a bill to bring retired controllers back on the job, via Government Executive. https://t.co/XhYP1md9DW

[Eric Katz @EricM_Katz]

Just in: Following Supreme Court ruling, @statedeptspox says State is moving into the implementation phase of its reorganization. Thousands of employees expected to lost their jobs as soon as tomorrow.

"This is the point where it begins," she says.

[Carten Cordell @wccordell]

The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board will put into effect a final rule recalculating how federal employees repay accrued interest on reamortized loans from the government’s 401(k)-style retirement plan, via @GovExec. https://t.co/XYo5sU90lR

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Legislation from @RepMarcyKaptur , D-Ohio, seeks to ensure that select members of the executive branch get annual training on the budget process or face a possible suspension of financial decision making for their agency, via @GovExec. https://t.co/V53LodM7BG

[Sean Michael Newhouse @seanthenewsboy]

Employees chanting "N-S-F" ahead of a press conference where it was announced that the Housing and Urban Development Department will be moving into the National Science Foundation's HQ with no word on where the science agency's employees will be relocated

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.@NatlParkService is scrambling to fill top-level positions at posts throughout the country, launching a new initiative to fill dozens of vacant roles that some inside the agency fear will only create new openings at other sites, via @EricM_Katz. https://t.co/ibf9gp7xuO