The framing of this migration as a mandatory, hard deadline taps into the systemic pattern of leveraging existential threat—the quantum computer—to compel massive, immediate bureaucratic action. The structure attempts to create a sense of urgency (the 2030/2031 deadlines) that bypasses typical slow-moving federal procurement and operational processes. The division between mandatory federal agency migration and contractor compliance sets up a system where the risk is shared, but the immediate lia...