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Mass. firms snaring more US work

Defense awards lead way as pacts reach $11.8b in '07

By Todd Wallack
Globe Staff / November 25, 2008

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The Massachusetts economy has become increasingly reliant on Uncle Sam in recent years. According to the most recent available figures, the federal government awarded $11.8 billion in contracts to Bay State companies in fiscal 2007, more than double the haul in 2000, mostly for defense work. (Full article: 746 words)

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