in my experience dealing with governments (and i have a lot since the pandemic started) there's months of negotiation to make a decision that there _may_ be a p

in my experience dealing with governments (and i have a lot since the pandemic started) there's months of negotiation to make a decision that there _may_ be a problem in the first place. The next months are spent on identifying the person who will make the decision that there is an actual problem. Then they'll start negotiation on how to define the process that will pick the team responsible for qualifying the team responsible for fixing the problem. Then your "months of negotiation" start. edit: i'm being a bit dramatic but it's pretty bad. no one will make a decision because a culture of CYA means whoever dared raised their hand is the one on the cross if things go wrong.