Having dog handlers pay for the dogs they need for work is totally in line with having teachers pay for teaching tools.

Different providers have different spamfilters, different rules regarding html mails, attachment file size, use of tls, policies regarding exspired certificates, and might have different log in procedures, so yes, if there are problems the question which providers are involved.

You need checks to send money from the government to the oligarchs, and balances to know how much money they earned. So yes, checks and balances are fundamental and necessary.