Sure, if you wanna believe that.  However, some of us happen to think that the new boss is the same as the old boss but, I can understand why you partisan types can't accept that reality

 New boss, old boss, blah, blah, blah.  Once again, we see that asking the wrong questions means they don't have to worry about the answers.  Even some one who claims (and appears) to "get it", doesn't.  He, like most everyone else, already works for the government; in the "private sector" of the government.

He became "federal personnel" the moment he "applied" for government retirement (and any other) benefits.