When a shutdown impacts mission, how does industry hold on when contractors are left unpaid

With shutdown, contractors ‘in the dark’ on labor data

The government shutdown prevented the Bureau of Labor Statistics from releasing a job openings report, just one of many metrics that help builders understand the broader economy.

When a shutdown impacts mission, how does industry hold on when contractors are left unpaid

Interview transcript: Terry Gerton: Despite being close to the record length of a partial government shutdown, but in the middle of that, PSC has recently written a letter to members of Congress. Tell us a little bit about that. Who did you write to first? Jim Carroll: Yeah, we really believe that in order for there to get a resolution and get the government up and running, there needs to be a bipartisan bicameral solution. And that’s what we di…