My same thought. KDE could only cause issues if deployed on government machines, due to its configurability. Gnome gives you the minimum you need to get work done, less areas to troubleshoot.

Doubt it. As a German, I am pretty sure most government PCs run Windows, a few cities and certain state ministries have dabbled with Linux, but that's just a small fraction.

As far as I understand, GNOME being funded is all about doing a good job at applying for a grant with the Sovereign Tech Fund.