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  "path": "/congress/2026/02/lawmakers-eyeing-changes-to-federal-benefits-hiring-pay/",
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    "All News",
    "Congress",
    "Hiring/Retention",
    "Pay",
    "Pay & Benefits",
    "Workforce",
    "Doreen Greenwald",
    "Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act",
    "House Oversight and Government Reform Committee",
    "James Comer",
    "James Walkinshaw",
    "Mark Warner",
    "Merit Hiring Plan",
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    "Shontel Brown",
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    "Tim Kaine",
    "Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment"
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  "textContent": "Recent bipartisan bills seek to incorporate skills-based hiring into federal cybersecurity jobs, as well as update caps for employee separation incentives.",
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