As usual, the Germans have it nailed

The TD F 90-22.1 filing requirement. As usual, the Germans have a word to describe this form and the filling in thereof (he said, Biblically):

Arbeitsbeschaffungs-Maßnahmen

Thanks, Arndt!

Arndt provides his own informal definition:

“a measure to attract or create work; used in a cynical manner and the nature of this “work” is most often utterly unnecessary.”