In our survey from 2009, 80% told us that they got payments past 30 days. It was only when we got into the 60- to 90-day category that it dropped to 15% who waited more than 60 days to get payment from government.
It has gotten a little bit better. This is one of the services OSME does: they try to speed up the process of late payments. However, it's still an issue, and it seems unbelievable to us that in this day and age the federal government is still delaying payments to small and medium-sized companies that are dependent on that kind of money coming in, especially after they have delivered the service.
We continue to believe that this is an area that could be cleaned up fairly easily, but for whatever reason it continues to be a factor. It is an issue; it has come down on the list. Back in 1996 I think it was the second or third issue from our membership. Now it's down to about eighth or ninth. But it is still something that many of them are facing.