# Federal Reorganizations Raise Continuity Risks

Federal employees describe repeated reorganizations—sometimes several within 18 months to two years—alongside unclear reporting lines, temporary assignments without end dates, and staff working outside established roles. One DoD employee also reports severe understaffing and additional military-supervisory duties. These accounts do not identify a specific procurement, contract, or formal agency action, but they point to possible changes in government points of contact, project ownership, and decision-making continuity that could affect contractor coordination.

- For active work, contractors can reconfirm government points of contact, deliverable ownership, and approval routes with their contracting officer and program lead where applicable, and document any changes through established contract channels.
- Procurement teams may need to account for potential handoff or decision delays when coordinating with offices undergoing staff or reporting changes; the signals provide no specific contract values, deadlines, or procurement opportunities.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Defense & Military
**Published:** October 09, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

### Key Quotes
> I'm DoD, and they've also started moving a lot of the Active Duty troops under me, so now I have to write OERs and NCOERs, file missed meal forms, and apparently do barracks inspections. Meanwhile, all of my actual civilian employees are doing the jobs of at least two people.
> — Anonymous commenter (DoD employee)

> We've had at least three full reorganizations in the last year and a half. There have been multiple smaller ones where they just move teams around or dissolve them and redistribute everyone for no discernible reason.
> — Anonymous commenter

> One of them is now de facto running the division along with my division director, but there's no org chart or definition of what their role is.
> — Original poster

### Sources
- [Random reorg](https://www.reddit.com/r/FedEmployees/comments/1x1vls3/random_reorg) - reddit-fedemployees