I believe that with full consideration of the accountability side we cannot see how the revealing of some of the particular information, the confidential information, our proprietary methodologies, will in any way improve our accountability and transparency in a way that will enable people to better understand. We are very open. We actually have a lot to do with the media, and send them information and announcements, etc.
When we talk with the applicants about how they have or have not done on these face-to-face meetings, they are told what works and what doesn't work. We have searched quite deeply to understand why there would be an improvement in understanding of what we do over and above a very extensive amount of information you'll find on our website that not only describes our process but how we go about it, who has been successful, and results.
It really does reside with the fact that these certain areas, which we are requesting exemption for, like DDC on the third party information, on our proprietary screening methodologies, and on the experts' names and their reviews, and also on our SE business case, that model, are critical to us being able to do our work.
As I said, I talked with the chairman and we've not been able to call a board meeting fast enough, frankly. He is very concerned and will be making representations that this will actually prevent us from doing the work we're doing. We're not been flippant about this. We have looked at it; we've obviously sought legal guidance. And frankly, because we know our applicants very well, both successful and not, because we've conducted so many evaluations, they have always told us that an important part of working with us is the trust that we have so far managed to demonstrate in keeping their very important information confidential.