Government Contracting

I have been talking a lot about working directly with the government as well as for Members of Congress. But that's not the only way to get involved with working for the government.

Thousands of people work indirectly with the government as government contractors. That means the contractor is hired by the government to do work for them, but the employees doing the work are not directly employed by the government.

The largest contractor is Lockheed Martin, which is located in the Washington, D.C., metro area. In FY 2007, Lockheed Martin secured $12,679,523,202 worth of government contracts. Lockheed Martin is most noted for its work with the NASA space program.

So if you are interested in working for the government, but not directly for the government, check out contracting. You will get a wide array of tasks to do and not be bored!

Worried that you can't get into the government scene because you didn't major in Government??? Learn more about the options HERE.