As an employee of another fed agency w some of the same issues-it’s not just low staffing and not enough $ to get things done. It’s institutional knowledge that’s been lost. So many people have quit, and the mgmt level is more concerned w moving around/getting promoted, not leading.

Red State Agency employee checking in for duty and SAME! Hiring freezes, younger workforce, inflexible WFH policies, refusal to keep pace w/ technology advances, continual agency realignment, etc… my dept had on average ~15 years tenure when I started. Now it’s ~1 year.