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b'The Defense Department thinks it\\u2019s gotten about all the mileage it can out of its special pay and personnel system for cyber and IT professionals. Now it\\u2019s time to expand it, potentially delivering more competitive salaries to tens of thousands of additional IT workers across the department.\\nCongress first gave DoD permission to create the Cyber Excepted Service more than seven years ago, and although the department was initially slow to implement it, officials now think they\\u2019ve used the authority for as many positions as they legally can: about 15,000. So the Pentagon is sending Congress a legislative proposal that would expand the system to as many as 75,000 employees.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'