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In reply to the discussion: As a retired Federal manager, let me warn you about something [View all]Wiz Imp
(10,461 posts)I retired 2 years ago. There is a high level of coordination between the states & Federal government on these programs. The states basically act as contractors for the Federal government. We knew that the integrity of the data at both the state & national level was the most important aspect of the programs. No political employees were part of the chain of command of these programs whatsoever. I bring that up because I still know and have contact with a bunch of people working on these programs. So if the integrity of these programs becomes compromised, I will have have several "informants" available to let me know what is going on. I hope they don't mess with the integrity of these programs, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't expect the Trump administration to do something nefarious.