A small statement at the beginning of the report along the lines of "We have contracted with an outside consulting firm to do some analysis of our situation--here is their first report," would have been all that was necessary. As it was presented, it appeared to be coming from the Team itself, and that makes quite a different impression.
As for the Zip Team analyses from EON-4, I didn't laugh at them, but I thought they were next to useless, i.e., "Why waste the time? It's a nice thought, but couldn't you be doing something more constructive?" I fear the Team Reports may go the same route. I'll give the staff the benefit of the doubt for the time being.
-Psiclops