"The U.S. government plans to pursue a "mass deferment" of job placement deadlines for a cornerstone program for training and placing student talent into government cybersecurity positions, aiming to give affected students a temporary reprieve from requirements that would have sent many of them into debt. The CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service program provides college tuition and a stipend to awardees, who, in return, commit to working in a government cybersecurity role upon graduation."
"But job placements for scholars have been hobbled by broader efforts initiated by the Trump administration this year to shrink and rescope the federal workforce, including various cybersecurity and intelligence community offices. A hiring freeze and shutdown-related layoffs have also contributed to the turmoil in federal hiring. Scholarship terms stipulate that graduates must secure a qualifying job approved by OPM within an 18-month window after completing their studies."
""After the shutdown ends, OPM will collaborate with NSF on a mass deferment to give graduates more time to secure qualifying positions and further guidance to encourage agencies to make use of the SFS program for their hiring needs," an OPM spokesperson said in a Monday statement to Nextgov/FCW, which reported last week on students' various misgivings about the program and the looming financial risks that many are facing."
The CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service provides tuition and a stipend to recipients who commit to government cybersecurity roles after graduation. The program is supported by the Office of Personnel Management and the National Science Foundation, which funds scholarships for up to three years, including Ph.D. candidates. Graduates must secure an OPM-approved qualifying job within 18 months or have their scholarships converted into loans that must be repaid. Federal hiring has been disrupted by efforts to shrink and rescope the workforce, a hiring freeze, and shutdown-related layoffs. OPM will work with NSF on a mass deferment after the shutdown to give graduates more time, with no exact timeline provided.
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