Platitudes and group think are favored over realism, pragmatism, and operational experience.
Junior management frequently have no substantive work history for the topics and people they manage,
Severance falls well short of OPM guidelines, extended service and performance is not considered.
It was awkward to justify (high) costs to government leaders as compared to national labs while at the same time being expected to grow work.
PTOB time accrual is calculated down to two decimal places, presumably to avoid the same rounding effects that are ok for reporting work hours.