DOE labs get new management all the time, Sandia National Laboratories got new management in 2017, Los Alamos in 2018, ... One of the motivating factors is reducing operating costs. Typically this has minimal impact on the scientists who work there, and it's just the president and vice presidents who are replaced.

What did you expect, when the researchers are measuring the speed in units of DVDs! Here they boast about transfering a DVD in 4 seconds