Sequestration Budget Cuts Data: Which MA Counties Have the Most Federal Employees?
Bristol County has more than 300 federal employees, most of whom work in defense.
The numbers here show the federal employees in Massachusetts by county in 2012, according to the latest figures from Eye on Washington, a D.C.-based lobbying firm that tracks federal employment. It compiles the data from the Office of Personnel Management, Federal Employment Statistics and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While much has been made written on how the current sequestration battle in Washington could affect the national economy, these numbers are meant to give readers a sense of the sequestration at the local level. No one knows for certain what the sequestration cuts, some $85 billion, will mean exactly. Even if the March 1 federal cuts are enacted, the full effects would not be felt immediately. The government is required to …
Tisiphone
11:55 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Get rid of the Department of energy. THink of all of the peopLe who will be hurt by the loss of those winterization loans! Why not the entire Department of Education? Name one educational statistic that has improved since that was invented 40 years ago. more ›