I'm glad you mentioned government contracts. One of the specific actions Gov. Romney proposes is to gather together purchasing and procurement experts from the private sector and carefully examine purchasing policies and procedures in the government; especially the Dept. of Defense. Romney also promises that weapon system development will only proceed if it's truly needed by the military and not just a pork project in some Congressman's home district to buy votes.
Romney pledges to personally lead a top-to-bottom review of federal government programs, agencies, procurement and spending to eliminate waste, inefficiency and duplication. These are not empty promises as Romney's actions of fiscal conservatism in reducing waste and redundant programs in Massachusetts state government and private business are well documented. The man is famously frugal with other people's money.
I'll give him that. The Salt Lake City Olympics showed that. I spent six months in Utah in 2005, and there were a lot of infrastructure improvements made, that are still serving the people of that area. As I recall, the 1962 Seattle World's Fair buildings needed a major expensive renovation project in the mid-1970's when I moved to that city. Utah got some quality stuff.