“D.C. enclaves reap rewards of contracting boom as federal dollars fuel wealth”

The proliferation of government contracts has led to increasing wealth in D.C.’s suburbs, particularly in Northern Virginia.

Talwar’s success — and that of hundreds of other contractors like her — is a key factor driving the explosion of the region’s wealth over the last two decades. It also has exacerbated the gap between high- and low-wage workers, which is wider in the D.C. area than almost anywhere else in the United States.

— www.washingtonpost.com