The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has had lasting effects for workers.
"There's still that insecurity. You want the cash on hand," said government contractor Sunny Blaylock.
It was a bittersweet return for one government contractor.
As a government contractor, Janet Martin weathered several shutdowns. But losing pay changed how she thinks about money.
The government is getting ready to solicit bids to design and build border wall prototypes.
The U.S. keeps replacing its full-time workers with contract employees.
Why did President Obama choose $10.10 as the new minimum wage for federal contractors? And, wait, which federal workers are paid minimum wage?
After problems with the Coast Guard's massive Deepwater acquisition program, the federal government has moved away from hiring outside systems integrators, opting to coordinate big projects in-house.
There are 800,000 government workers who aren't being paid. But how about the hundreds of thousands of government contractors?
