$2 million a year is wildly insignificant for the federal government.
Less than one cent per year per person in federal taxes.
And yet the number of projects with similarly insignificant costs is large, and they do add up.
The argument cannot be "this money doesn't matter", it has to be "this represents good value for money" (imo)
Ok, but I could replicate this process and archive for under $20,000k per year(probably way under) and set it up in less than 1 day with claude...
Its tiny, setting up traffic lights on some road junction might cost similar.