The problem is the leadership they are receiving to implement flawed policies.

Policies are usually developed with laws in mind and tailored to feasibly comply with the law. Generally, they aren't developed independently outside of the system and are developed by people who understand the system and how it works. So someone comes in and says increase enforcement,, then you need dollars for training to bring those people up to snuff and avoid chaos. Congress allocates dollars, but we can do a partial training immediately by taking these already hired people for something else, shortening training, but there will be problems associated with doing that.

If you want to shut something down, that's easier, but then Congress has allocated money and personnel to that, so arbitrarily shutting something down can cause pain and lawsuits. Too much of this and moral goes down and you fight with unions, etc.

Do you have any specific policies in mind? If you work within the system, it's slower, but you are much better off.