Government and regulatory issues apply to engineering whether it's software engineering, building engineering, or train engineering.
(In software, intra company estimates can easily be blocked with political "do it with only the current existing infrastructure or conventions" or my favorite, "now prove it in a test environment, but I'll give you 0 resources for a test environment", and government / business related - ie the cost of security breach, GDPR compliance, payment compliance, Twitter,Google Maps, or reddit making api access and pricing changes)
Government and regulatory issues apply to engineering whether it's software engineering, building engineering, or train engineering.
(In software, intra company estimates can easily be blocked with political "do it with only the current existing infrastructure or conventions" or my favorite, "now prove it in a test environment, but I'll give you 0 resources for a test environment", and government / business related - ie the cost of security breach, GDPR compliance, payment compliance, Twitter,Google Maps, or reddit making api access and pricing changes)