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Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that votes are still being counted in Darrell Issa's district. 

In an election that shocked the country, Republican Donald Trump handily beat Democrat Hillary Clinton to become America’s next president. The GOP also retained its majority in both houses of Congress.

Here’s what happened in a few races FedScoop was watching:

In the Senate...

Former Wisconsin Democratic Senator Russ Feingold fell to incumbent Republican Ron Johnson.

Feingold was the only lawmaker to vote against the Patriot Act when it was first introduced in 2001 and was thought to have potential as an industry ally on encryption.

Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr is staying in the Senate, however, after defeating Democratic challenger Deborah Ross to keep his seat in North Carolina. Burr and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., earlier this year introduced legislation that would require companies to provide “technical assistance” for investigators that seek access to encrypted customer data.

“This bill would not only be surrendering America’s cybersecurity but also its tech economy, as foreign competitors would continue to offer—and bad guys would still be able to easily use!—more secure products and services,” Kevin Bankston, director of New America’s Open Technology Institute, said in a release when the bill was introduced.

And while that controversial bill has stalled in Congress, the debate over encryption is only expected to heat up again.

[Read more: The encryption debate will reignite under President Trump]

In the House...

In a district that often flip-flops between Democrat and Republican, freshman Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, retained his seat by one percentage point over Democrat Pete Gallego. Hurd made a name for himself in his first term championing issues such as IT modernization and cybersecurity.

While serving as the first chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Subcommittee on IT, his IT modernization legislation sailed through the House on a unanimous vote.

The bill, which would authorize agencies to develop IT working capital funds and create a centralized IT modernization fund housed in the Treasury Department that executive branch agencies could apply to draw from, hasn’t yet seen action in the Senate.

Members of the technology community and other tech-savvy lawmakers told FedScoop earlier this month the congressman is one of few well-versed enough in technology’s toughest issues to develop meaningful legislation around it.

[Read more: What if Congress loses Will Hurd?]

One of Hurd’s allies in developing the bill was Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, who was also re-elected Tuesday.
He had no challenger.

Connolly notably helped pen the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act passed in 2014.

Rep. Darrell Issa, R- Calif., is also leading over his Democratic challenger in a race many in the tech community watched and funded.

For instance, individuals and political action committees associated with Alphabet Inc. gave $20,600 to his campaign committee, according to Center for Responsive Politics data.

Issa notably took Apple’s side in its debate with the FBI refusing to help the agency unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters.

“Allowing the government to mandate that Apple undermine its encryption technology to create a backdoor for government agents is unlawful, unwise and unsafe,” Issa said in a statement in February. “Companies should comply with warrants to the fullest extent they are able, but mandating that companies completely reengineer their own software to create hacking tools against their will would set a dangerous precedent for our future.”

[Read more: FBI's Comey defends taking battle with Apple to court, not Congress]

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna also won his race in California after heavy investment from Silicon Valley.

Khanna got $88,870 from Alphabet, $27,250 from Salesforce and $13,500 from Facebook Inc., according to CRP data.		</style>
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                            <p>In the wake of the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, the Office of Personnel Management is allowing agencies responding to the storm to waive some hiring policies and recruit needed staff, including information technology professionals.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.chcoc.gov/content/human-resources-flexibilities-hurricane-harvey-and-its-aftermath">In an Aug. 27 memo</a>, acting OPM Director Kathleen McGettigan authorized agencies to use direct hiring authority to appoint professionals to competitive service career, career-conditional, term or temporary appointments in relief and recovery roles as a result of the storm.</p>
<p>That includes IT management roles at levels GS-9 or higher focusing on information security.</p>
<p>The memo also authorizes direct hire authority for some federal acquisition positions in cases where there is a severe shortage of personnel until Sept. 30.</p>
<p>OPM is also allowing the rehiring of annuitants to fill positions needed for limited hours for the period of a year or less.</p>
<p>Agencies looking to hire IT professionals or rehire retired annuitants must first contact OPM at <a href="mailto:employ@opm.gov?subject=Hurricane%20Harvey">employ@opm.gov</a> if they believe direct hire authority is appropriate for relief efforts or if an extended appointment is needed.</p>
<p>Agencies may also seek limited appointments for Senior Executive Service members, contract private sector temporary employment firms to assist in hiring or hire former employees from reemployment priority lists.</p>
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