Federal Shutdown Leads NASA Langley Suppliers to Consider Diversifying.(Originated from The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: January 10, 1996| Author: Schultz, James | Copyright information

HAMPTON, Va.--Jan. 11--The just-concluded, three-week government shutdown is giving heartburn to dozens of Peninsula companies that supply NASA Langley Research Center with everything from computer programs to hazardous waste removal.

Cash-strapped businesses, forced to temporarily furlough their own workers in the wake of the federal budget impasse, have begun to consider easing their dependence on the Hampton aerospace center.

"Nobody welcomes such a situation," s...

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