I think the fact that NIST refuses yo give any information on that is enough evidence in of itself.
Naah, probably just that they include some pretty shitty stuff in general.
The fact (AFAWK) that the town came up with this shitty stuff even without any Lizard People Overlords having ordered them to do so of course makes it even worse for the powers that be of the town; now they can't even put the blame for the shitty stuff on the LPO.