I guess one can hope.
I want to make one thing clear. The changes that have come about in policy since then are, I think, wise changes. I think they're in the right direction, for sure, even though they do add to the workload for people who were already overworked. I think that needs to be addressed. The changes are definitely good changes--the positive reporting requirements, the inspectors doing their own testing, etc.--but they take time, and I'm hoping something can be done about that.
I also want to make clear that we don't fault the compliance verification system as a system. We fault the fact that it's not a properly evaluated and resourced system. But having a checklist--a scheduled approach to verifying that the people you're regulating are doing what they say they're doing--we can't see as a bad thing. Simply asking people to do it without the tools, the training, and the time is what we have a major problem with.
As far as whether they're going to come up with additional hours goes, we're certainly hoping they're going to come up with additional people to fill those hours.