Eric, my points weren't intended to be funny...
I am at a loss to come up with a "gov't @ work" program,
that really works, in budget, on time, and actually improves
the life of the people, (or creatures), that the program affects...

Slightly facetious, but not much. I have very little regard for
"what" govt "does", esp. at the Fed level. When one realizes
that the bureaucracies are really the enforcer tentacles of our
'genius lawmakers', it becomes almost self-parody and one would
have to search hard to find a happy citizen/customer, after the
"Feds" have come and gone.