The answer is out there !!!
Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells,
"This makes no logical sense. If they were spending tens of millions it would be clear. If they were spending nothing it would be equally clear. But a $100k budget is just confusing."
It is known as 'Token Effort' or 'Kicking the can down the road --- NASA Style'. !!!
You claim the justification for the report BUT really do not want the report or care about the contents of the report.
Probably it is a item on a list that just will not go away, so you make a 'Token Effort' at completing the task.
By time it is delivered, if ever, and the report subsequently analysed, it will be forgotten about and any follow up will be much much further down the list of priorities.
[A 'Can' has been duly kicked down the road, maximum result for minimum effort/cost] !!!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
