The #2 rule for all time for any government flunky is "never panic the public."
Or, as Scott Adams (author of Dilbert) put it once, "In every organization there are balloons full of blame wafting about, your job is to gently send them on their way. If you speak with pointed language, you may puncture one and end up with blame all over your cubicle."
When is the last time you saw a government report which used the words "grave risk" when it wasn't part of a push for more funding?
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and i had to pause the FreeQing because hubby's business connection between home and client is wonky. I have enlightened him as to the solarwinds grave risk.