Brett Watson
66:31 - 66:53
"we're now— we have now a pretty good picture of what the federal workforce was up to. But that's only one important but small component of aggregate federal spending in the state."
“we're now— we have now a pretty good picture of what the federal workforce was up to. But that's only one important but small component of aggregate federal spending in the state.”
- Speaker
- Brett Watson
- Timestamp
- 66:31 – 66:53
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- June 26, 2026
From the transcript
Apart from the very great numbers that Brock shared on the federal work. Workforce, right? We're now— we have now a pretty good picture of what the federal workforce was up to. But that's only one important but small component of aggregate federal spending in the state. And to contextualize the federal workforce numbers, I mean, that has been something that's been challenging itself to get, has only recently been accessible.
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