This is the new federal public service for you. Standards have dropped severely since I last spoke to a departmental secretary about workplace ethics 20 years ago (the last time I worked in the public service). I currently work for the Feds (not CASA) and feel like an idiot as I watch others milking it for their own benefit.
In the private sector if I blew $1m on building an unwanted social network tool that failed I would lose my job. Not here, the sound of teflon rubbing is deafening. Gawd I'd wish they'd hoover the w@nkers out of my place so we can spend the money on actually building services the public *want* to use.