Government worker, can confirm ridiculousness of paperwork. What's even better is how inept our paperless solutions are. For example, if I want to fax something that requires a signature, I have two options. Guest, I print the paper, sign it, fax it with a cover sheet, await confirmation. Two, print it out, sign it, scan it in, import scanned images into word, save as pdf, open fax software, type in fax number, type in cover sheet info, delete "private" fax number so they send it to the office fax, hit send, pray the software works and it goes through (it usually doesn't for me).
Also, constant EOBs from MediCal. They're a waste of space and a waste of resources,but no insurance company makes it easy to bulk register people so you can access stuff online. So we get 1-3 per month per person, all of which get filed.