Given how much of a hot mess PDFs are in general, it seems like it would behoove the government to just develop a new, actually safe format to standardize around for government releases and make it open source.
Unlike every other PDF format that has been attempted, the federal government doesn't have to worry about adoption.
You’re thinking about this as a nerd.
It’s not a tools problem, it’s a problem of malicious compliance and contempt for the law.