Happens with government proposals also. I was told about a school who had it happen to them in the 90's. A Senator was informed and instead of raising all sor

Happens with government proposals also. I was told about a school who had it happen to them in the 90's. A Senator was informed and instead of raising all sorts of hell, the Senator basically received assurance the the school would score well on a lot of future grant proposals. Governments are made of fallible people after all.