[indymike]

If I were a federal contractor, wanting to make more from my cost plus contraction, what better way than generating text files full of dependencies that will cause billable meetings to discuss why we should be ok with some old insecure library being used... that will always end with even more billable work to update the old, insecure library. Even better would be if I had to incur some billable time and cost on certifications. Cost plus FTW (unless you are a taxpayer).

[systematical]

Luckily not all federal contractors think like this. Some would report this behavior and some of us would be quite happy to report it. There are those that still believe in doing the right thing, value tax payer dollars, and want to deliver for the American people. If only more of us wanted to completely rip out the rot.

[indymike]

> If only more of us wanted to completely rip out the rot.

Even if you report it, this kind of behavior is so normal, I'd be shocked if it does anything other than create more billable project management hours for the company you are protesting.