Of course it does.

Meanwhile, in some other, smaller, dingier room where members of Congress aren't allowed, other personnel of lesser rank and lower pay grade are doing the actual work.

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Speaking as someone who contracted to do actual work in a reasonably small and dingy room, there was a specific set of actions when a congresscritter showed up for a tour--namely, clean the place up, and turn on the overhead projectors with some of the flashier displays that look like something's actually happening.

Oh, and close the door to the room where the noisy equipment lives; they don't need to see the things that make those displays possible.

... you know, with all the data warehouses and such I interact with in my work, I would totally love to have one with a name like that.

Especially if it's one of those that hosts data which can be used to identify the actual persons that are the source of the observations, meaning you have to get clearance and visit the facility in person to do your work (so that the identifying data isn't at risk of getting out into the wild).

Not sure if it was intentional in this case, but there was one confirmed case in the past where it was. During the filming of the The Original Series, Gene Roddenberry and Matt Jefferies got a call from the Navy expressing their interest in the Enterprise's bridge design. They had a commander and lieutenant fly out to the studio, where they got to tour the set and see the blueprints for it. About a year after the meeting, the Navy called them back to thank them for the tour, and inform them that the design had influenced the layout of the master communications center at NAS San Diego, but due to its classified nature they couldn't be allowed to visit.

Jefferies never had the heart to tell them that he had an ultra top secret clearance from doing some government work in Washington.

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