Madam Chair, that is an issue that comes up in many of the audits, that the systems do not provide all the information that managers need to manage well. I think that is due to a number of reasons.
First, the complexity of managing the federal government has certainly increased over time. The departments too--and even within departments--tend to be very stovepiped, so when information does exist, often the systems don't communicate with other systems. So you can't get all the information you need, simply because of technological limitations.
I think the other reality is that when government is allocating funds, the programs and the direct services are obviously going to be given higher priority than some of the information management systems. I suspect that this is the reality.