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What Might Cuts to the Federal Government Workforce Mean for the Fifth District?
Federal government employment spans the country, but there is a concentration in the District of Columbia and spread through the surrounding counties in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Historically, the federal government presence has both insulated the region from the effects of economic downturns and also created additional challenges in the case of sequestration in 2013 or during short-lived government shutdowns.Understanding the economy of the Fifth District, therefore, requires sizing and preparing for any adverse economic impact of cuts in federal government employment and ...