In my experience, government is indeed much slower in approving outlays. There may of course be exceptions to that pattern. One of my interview questions for pr

In my experience, government is indeed much slower in approving outlays. There may of course be exceptions to that pattern. One of my interview questions for prospective bosses of mine, is something along the lines of: - Suppose I am on your team , and I want to develop a prototype/PoC, which costs $1,000, and you're okay with it - What is the process to get approval for it? - How much time elapses between starting the approval process and receiving funding/greenlight to start spending? In my current job, the answers were "if I'm okay with the idea, you can start immediately". In a previous one I left, it required CEO approval (hence why I ask now).