Why Does the Government Spend So Much to Protect Their Databases?

Looks as if we have some 500 Billion dollars going into IT work for the government to update their databases, yet all the data they have is complete crap. Indeed, they have files of data on all sorts of stuff and all the citizens too. But all the data is old and garbage and they act as if it is legitimate? Why spend so much to protect their databases from hackers when the data is wrong?

Additionally since it is all crap anyway why bother to keep it? Folks our government, yes that