The federal contract workforce—government workers paid with federal dollars but employed by private business—is swelling in size. Although the number of directly employed federal workers has remained steady at 2.7 million since 2000,1 federal contract workers have grown from 1.4 million to 2.0 million. continue reading
FEDERAL CONTRACT JOBS LEAVE ONE-IN-FIVE IN POVERTY
by Toneshia Harris | Feb 15, 2009 | Local News