This has been in use since the 1950ās, and itās analog for a reason. Itās like DOGE are a bunch of Severance innies just discovering the outside world.
Federal employee retirements are processed using paper, by hand, in an old limestone mine in Pennsylvania. 700 mine workers operate 230 feet underground to process ~10,000 applications per month, which are stored in manila envelopes and cardboard boxes. The retirement process takes multiple months.