Each team/area in ISD is currently reviewing their budgets. Expecting cuts to the contractors that help the badged associates. This means that the workloads will shift back to the badged associates. Some associates are concerned that these budgets cuts will also roll over to the associates themselves. Not sure when the budgets need to be finalized.
If you think things are bad in the field where applications are down for days at a time, wait to see what happens if the headcount is reduced all around.