Brett Watson
Economist · University of Alaska Anchorage's Institute of Social and Economic Research
22 articles · 5 transcripts · 16 clips
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Federal money committed to Alaska hit a seven-year high of $19.7 billion
“Federal spending grew by $8.7 billion from just, just under $11 billion in federal fiscal year 2015 to just under $19, just under $20 billion in federal fiscal year 2023.”
Anchorage-based Koniag company does cybersecurity work for nuclear weapons agency
“those are certainly organizations that are headquartered in Alaska, likely have a significant Alaska workforce presence, and have a significant shareholder base inside of Alaska”
JBER is buying four Alaska-winterized buses to carry kids in its youth program
“you can see that contract spending has really grown quite a bit, uh, and accounted for about $4.5 billion in FY 23”
Cordova tribe's company gets $2.1 million NIH order for population health statistics
“Yeah, it is possible to separate whether or not the recipient organization is, is located in the state or whether they are just providing services in the state.”
Chugach could build Milrem's unmanned military vehicles in the US under a new agreement
hugach could start building military robots in the U.S. for an Estonia-based maker. So far it's a memorandum, with no site, timeline or price tag.
Anchorage joint venture wins $4.7M Chicago facilities management deal
“it is possible to separate whether or not the recipient organization is, is located in the state or whether they are just providing services in the state”
FBI renews $1.37 million visitor-management software order with Anchorage-based company
“it is possible to separate whether or not the recipient organization is, is located in the state or whether they are just providing services in the state”
Chugach Solutions gets $43,689 in FBI building maintenance orders
“probably a preponderance of contracts for federal agencies are serviced by ANCs”
Kadiak takes a $4.45 million State Department IT contract
“a preponderance of contracts for federal agencies are serviced by ANCs”
Alaska ranks 45th in federal dollars and 8th per person
“Federal spending grew by about $8.7 billion in nominal terms”
Tatitlek Management Services wins $2.8 million State Department maintenance order
Tatitlek Management Services won a $2.8 million State Department maintenance contract running through August 2027.
CDC orders $1.4 million more Atlanta construction from an Anchorage firm
“you can see that contract spending has really grown quite a bit”
An Anchorage firm will repair the State Department's headquarters
“it is possible to separate whether or not the recipient organization is, is located in the state or whether they are just providing services in the state”
A village corporation for four remote Interior communities just won the contract to run San Diego's border crossings
“probably a preponderance of contracts for federal agencies are serviced by ANCs”
Federal awards to Alaska pass $14 billion this fiscal year
“The largest federal agency that spends money in the state of Alaska is the Department of Department of Defense.”
A federal cyber rule could lock small Alaska firms out of survey work
“for defense contracts, the, the top contractor was ASRC, second was Doyon, fifth was Chugach, and seventh was the Aleut Corporation, tenth was Koniag.”
Federal money built Alaska's recent growth — now it's receding fastest here
“federal spending grew by just under $9 billion, meaning half of the growth in our total GDP, both our basic GDP and all of our non-basic GDP, all the money sloshing around in the bucket, not just the new money coming into the bucket.”
Federal money, not oil, drove half of Alaska's growth — and now it's shrinking
“it's grown over this time period between $3 and $4.5 billion. Or less than half of the growth in federal spending over the same time period.”
Enstar faces 2033 supply gap as Hilcorp contract expires, no Cook Inlet producer can match drilling scale
“estimates from NSTAR suggest that in addition to the purchasing the commodity on the spot market, we'd need to pay an additional dollar or so per MCF to ship that gas an additional $3 to $5 on top of that to build the infrastructure to receive that gas and regasify it from its LNG form.”
Alaska LNG seeks 90% property tax cut; Kenai Peninsula pushes back
Alaska LNG is seeking a 90 percent property tax cut to proceed, but Kenai Peninsula Borough says the cut would cost local governments about $30 million annually needed to cover project impacts.
House panel advances seafood industry data-sharing bill
House committee advanced a bill allowing the University of Alaska and state labor department to share seafood industry data for research.
House committee hears bill to eliminate tax discounts
Alaska House committee heard a bill to eliminate five obsolete tax discounts and deductions that would raise nearly $500,000 annually for the state.
