As the federal government reinvents itself through significant policy changes and cost-cutting measures, the economic linkages between Utah and the federal government become more critical to understand. The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah has launched a research series on the Utah/federal government nexus that is designed to help Utah decision-makers better understand these linkages.
The first data summary in the series presents the Utah nexus for federal employment.
“Federal civilian employees in Utah, as a share of total employees, have been declining over time but especially since 1990,” said Nate Lloyd, director of economic research at the Gardner Institute. “This trend coincides with strong private sector growth in Utah over that time frame, as well as declines in the Please log in to see the rest of this story.
