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Re:NSA wooing thousands of laid-off Big Tech workers for spy... by photonbeam on Sunday February 05, 2023 @11:17AM (#34666062)
Are they safe from government shutdown brinkmanship
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Re:NSA wooing thousands of laid-off Big Tech workers for spy... by shadowgovt on Sunday February 05, 2023 @11:23AM (#34666112)
Usually, government shutdown excludes security-critical programs.
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Re:NSA wooing thousands of laid-off Big Tech workers for spy... by xhkkffbf on Sunday February 05, 2023 @11:27AM (#34666140)
In the past, the government workers got unpaid time off. Then Congress quietly voted to reinstate all of lost pay so it turned into extra paid time off that didn't count toward the vacation allowance.

It's not guaranteed, but I would guess that Congress would do the same thing again.

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