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Soon after, though, he learned his federal job was categorized as excepted—he would continue to work in the office, albeit without receiving a paycheck for now.

The government said it would trial the technology ahead of an excepted roll out in 2026.

In a statement, he said, “The Office of the Governor rigorously complies with the Texas Public Information Act and will release any responsive information that is determined to not be confidential or excepted from disclosure.”

Nicholson is tasked with making herself unlikable, flashbacks excepted, and does, though one can regard her as tragic in a quasi-Shakespearean way.

Pfeiffer explained that employees of the FBI and CIA are in the excepted service because of concerns about espionage, criminal activity and malfeasance.