Under a different administration in the previous 4 years.
Any large institution takes some time to change, senate confirmations for the leads of major agencies don’t occur immediately upon swearing in of a new President - it’s often months later. Then, after that occurs, change from the top down occurs.
Additionally for any sufficiently large group of people it takes a long time to get people to take any sort of collective action, let alone an organization with processes, years long funding and contracts already in place. Then there are sometimes/often legal challenges to the awarding of contracts, the issuing of regulations.
How long do you think this study would’ve taken to execute by itself? Okay now how long do you think it would’ve taken to plan the methodology for what they should do to execute. Before that they have to have a proposal of what they would like to study and then get the money approved / allocated to do the previous work I just mentioned, such as a detailed methodology.
Again, this administration has been in charge of the FTC for only 3 ish years and had to probably rebuild it towards focusing on holding businesses to account.
Not quite sure what else you’re expecting, it takes companies as well many months and even years to change focus, or to deliver a robust product. And that’s generally with an agreed upon a singular focus.
Election year. The assumption is it is simultaneously posturing for current administration, validating its existence and funding to potential new one, and PR for the public.
Before that? I don't remember that much from the past few years, but I think a good chunk of federal agencies were kinda in a weird stalemate ( which is kinda what the US is system is built for anyway ).
