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b'The Department of Veterans Affairs is rolling out a new pay model for its IT and cybersecurity employees later this year \\u2014 whether or not a governmentwide effort to increase tech workers\\u2019 salaries moves forward.\\nVA expects the Special Salary Rate will significantly raise the salaries of more than 7,000 of its personnel nationwide. If adopted by all agencies, the SSR would increase the pay for about 100,000 federal IT and cyber employees governmentwide.\\nBut the viability of a new governmentwide pay model for federal IT and cybersecurity employees is uncertain, as agencies brace for possible cuts to discretionary, non-defense spending as part of ongoing debt-ceiling negotiations.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'