the saddest part about this type of stuff is the gov has software devs on staff not from consultants who are capable of "saving" gov sites. It is often a political reason why things are they way they are(making everything 10x more convoluted for on staff devs)...and people profit more from having external contractors do the work. Parts of govt I'm in..contractors can use cloud services but our teams cannot, and we have to rely on internal systems and bureaucracy.. it's honestly all bullshit.