Who is running the government? We have multiple Presidents, Mayorkas, Garland, Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Austin, KJP. All with their own individual agenda and enacting it through the gatekeeper, Jill Biden.
Perhaps they are in fact following the Continuity of Government protocols—in secret.
Note that the official version (published below) assumes that everything is transparent—but what if it is not?
https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_sltt-cog-guidance_070921.pdf