I'm surprised that contingency plans weren't already in place and just needed to be activated. I mean, this is the government that has plans for when and where

I'm surprised that contingency plans weren't already in place and just needed to be activated. I mean, this is the government that has plans for when and where the President and VP can go together, succession, bombers in the air continuously, remote launch authorization, where to move the President in the case of attack... Seems odd that there weren't contingency plans for what Congress operation...