[yzhengyu]

TBH, it could be anyone in the chain with sufficient authority to trigger it and hoping to impress someone who can reward him in a tangible manner.

And the sad thing, it is not limited to bureaucracies or government organisations. I have seen bugs that are not fixed, patches that are rejected because it allows someone somewhere to behave heroically in an attempt to impress someone.

When I first experienced this, it was a very real WTF moment from the School of Dilbert Mismanagement.