On the other side of the coin, once some part of government contacted us about a project they wanted done. I don't even remember what it was, but it was something very simple that we estimated (with huge margins) to be 3 months of work end-to-end. What we heard back was that they need it to take at least two years to make. I suspect some shady incentives are in play and that exceedingly inefficient solutions are a plus for someone up the chain.