Exactly.

This wouldn’t as much rub me the wrong way had this been an effort of actual employees and staff at some govt agency where this were a longer term (indefinite?) initiative. At least then it turns in to:

- mostly a zero sum game with my tax money

- opens up for other, future, opportunities and lessons learned

Hiring services from consultancies and third parties that after project end will “hand-off” to maintenance and operations to... another third party. I mean. Come on!