However, the federal government, which has often acted as if federal employees were costs to be cut rather than assets to be valued, has only recently received its wake-up call.
The federal government always valued the federal employees and has no problem with increasing their salaries as they wish.
mnli hypothesis: The federal government always valued the federal employees and has no problem with increasing their salaries as they wish. premise: However, the federal government, which has often acted as if federal employees were costs to be cut rather than assets to be valued, has only recently received its wake-up call.