As federal-state dynamics grow more strained, institutional continuity across the U.S. now faces subtle but escalating fault lines. In some domains, the federal layer has weakened.

In others, state actors resist centralized mandates or misalign with national posture. These frictions can quietly degrade operational readiness and policy coherence — especially in crisis scenarios.

This briefing maps discontinuity pressure points — from emergency response and regulatory divergence to infrastructure governance and command fragmentation. Mayfair’s diagnostic lens helps clients assess where U.S. operations may require continuity rewiring before fractures surface.

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