Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development

So AVTEC, I'm not.

Alaska Department of Labor.

Yeah, so there'll be, I'm not sure what Aptek is, actually.

And on Monday, this coming Monday, October 12th, all AVCP offices will be closed in observance of Indigenous Peoples Day.

Alaskans have also been particularly affected by the Department of Government Efficiency's dismantling of the federal bureaucracy.

The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development reckons the state lost nearly five percent of its federal workforce in twenty twenty-five, a higher share than any state other than Maryland and New Mexico.

Federal government in Alaska is now at its lowest level in over thirty-five years.

Take fishing again.

The freeze has coincided with the general decline in how many people the state employs.

In August, the state had 23,500 workers, according to Alaska Department of Labor data.

That's down from 24,800 in April 2025.

Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks say work is already underway on a project to reduce the nation's dependence on imported critical minerals.