The problem there is that the government doesn't want to hire those ridiculously talented developers in SV to do that improvement. The government process for procuring software is totally broken and hopelessly inefficient, and when the government does try to do it on its own, they can't hire decent developers because they absolutely refuse to pay industry-scale wages. Somehow they think that the "benefits" of a Federal job are competitive with what industry is paying, but I guess they haven't been watching the news where Federal workers have to constantly worry about getting furloughed due to government shutdowns.