>>I still work for the govt (not DoD) and Congress is always mandating something, but providing zero budget for it.
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>Maybe they, like many people, think that things that "should" be done don't need any budget because it "should" have been budgeted for in the first place.
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I don't think that "think" applies to Congress in these situations. One group of legislators will pass a law, but to get funded, the law has to go through different committees, who don't always allocate the funding. ...but I think this getting into another arena only remotely related to my original concerns.

>That kind of thinking is a common reason for lawsuits...