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Aug. 18, 2010 at 8:32am Washington successfully leveraging Recovery Act fundsWashington is among the leading states in attracting Recovery Act funds, with awards supporting projects in energy, facilities, water and infrastructure. Data released today by Onvia, which provides gBusiness solutions and is the creator of Recovery.org, Washington has created 17,530 private sector jobs and that number is expected to grow by 56.7 percent by the end of the year. According to the Seattle-based company, Washington falls in the top 20 percent of states that will see job growth above 50 percent through the remainder of 2010. Onvia's data is based on opportunity and award details captured at all levels of government. Click here for the full report. Plenty more in the Archives The comments function of the Business Examiner community is meant to encourage conversations and spark ideas about business issues in the South Sound. The feature is free and open to members of the public who register basic log in information. Comments should be concise, on topic and avoid attacks, profanity or abusive language or content. Comments that are deemed to violate this policy will be removed.
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