Conjoiner rats. That's what.

Is convincing that army of ground support folks to relinquish their vice-like grip on the control they wield. There is a reason they are called "Controlllers" and "Directors".

Yeah, because lobbying only happens in red states.

Sadly the acronym is that way intentionally. Someone thought it would be a Good Idea(tm) to allude to the COTS we are all familiar with. It's actually rather confusing when you are working in areas that deal with both acronyms at the same time. Genius management at work! It's hard to believe that most of them were engineers at one time...