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September 29, 2015 By AMK

Federal contractors worry that a government shutdown would be a ‘nightmare’

Another government shutdown would be a “nightmare” for the federal contracting community, disrupting business, leaving employees wondering about furloughs and cutting corporate profits, according to area business leaders.

20131112_193738They are looking at the looming Sept. 30 deadline, by which Congress has to pass a spending plan, with a mix of angst and dread, while clinging to hope that a crisis will be averted, several executives said at a conference organized by the Professional Services Council, a trade group.

“There is a lot of concern because it’s completely out of their control,” said Alan Chvotkin, the PSC’s executive vice president and counsel.

While much of the attention to a possible shutdown has been focused on the hundreds of thousands of federal workers who would likely be affected, there would also be a major impact on the contractors who often work alongside their government counterparts and are essential to the daily operations of the federal government.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2015/09/21/federal-contractors-worried-that-government-shutdown-would-be-a-nightmare/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: budget, Budget Control Act, government shutdown, OMB, outsourcing, shutdown

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