This is required by federal law. Contractors are required to reside in the US or be a US citizen. There is no outsourcing in the federal government for obvious

This is required by federal law. Contractors are required to reside in the US or be a US citizen. There is no outsourcing in the federal government for obvious security, quality, and political reasons. It is one of the reasons that while many large tech companies are/were laying off gobs of people in their US divisions the survivors were notably for the most part working on government contracts.