Dealing with the Feds, in any way, is rarely pleasant or simple. Far too many people in government make their living by ensuring simple things become very complicated, very quickly.
They call the entire process “ensuring continuity”.
Normal people (those whose livelihoods do not depend on government paychecks) call it graft, waste, corruption and incompetence.
You probably looked at the same page I did, and became confused because you had no idea how to deal with the blatantly obvious true nature of our wastefull government.
Yes, they really are that bloated and stupid.
And no, there is no logical reason for funding approximately 60% of current non-DOD government “jobs”.