Having worked on a government contract before, this doesn't surprise me at all. They were going to spend all the money the feds gave them. Whether they spent

Having worked on a government contract before, this doesn't surprise me at all. They were going to spend all the money the feds gave them. Whether they spent it on over powered routers or "consulting" or something else, it was all going to be spent by the end of the project. There are enough projects overbudget that being on budget looks really good. And there's always a concern with being under budget that next time the feds won't hand out so much money, and you might really need it then.