A Year After Layoffs, Former Federal Workers Are Still Piecing Their Lives Back Together

A year after layoffs, former federal workers are still piecing their lives back together

This story is part of a series – A region reshaped: Federal layoffs in Maryland a year later.  When David Harbourt signed onto a recent video call, he was alone in a motel room in central Kansas. But in any given week, he could be somewhere else.  A year after losing his federal job, Harbourt now spends about half of every month on the road, moving from contract to contract while his wife and two children remain home in New Market, Maryland, eas…

Federal Worker Layoffs Hit Maryland’s Economy Hard

This is post 2 of 2 in the series “A Region Reshaped: Federal Layoffs in Maryland a Year Later” A Year After Federal Layoffs, Workers Are Still Rebuilding Federal Worker Layoffs Hit Maryland’s Economy Hard Maryland, home to federal agencies, military installations and tens of thousands of contractors, has long relied on employment and a steady flow of money from the U.S. government. In a given year, Maryland draws about $150 billio…