Or it's about appearances. You know the government does this all the time. Congress mandates a department cuts their budget. So ok.. fine, the director lays of

Or it's about appearances. You know the government does this all the time. Congress mandates a department cuts their budget. So ok.. fine, the director lays off the IT department. Then all the "deferred" IT folk go to work at"some consulting company" who get the contract to provide IT services to the department. At twice the price the original payroll was. it happens all the time in government. And not just in IT.