Not just government. Have you not used any of the more enterpricey Scrum frameworks? For example SAFe? It's common in many large organizations. They work with

Not just government. Have you not used any of the more enterpricey Scrum frameworks? For example SAFe? It's common in many large organizations. They work with blocks of sprints, defined as 8-12 weeks, "increments". 12 weeks, that's a quarter. Yeah, that's quarterly planning for you. Only this time it's certified Agile (tm). It's all very serious, and pointing this out is not always as appreciated as it should be.