1. No one cares about IT or engineering staff.
2. If you are a man...you have no career growth....almost all managers and team leads are women
3. They basically have command and control centers...and if you are not one of they types that NODS and everything and say YES you are in trouble.
4. The top managers suck up to feds and basically do not give any details about what the agency wide strategy is going to be for the next few years.
5. If you just do your work and not ask any questions they you are fine.