The reason I asked that question is because in testimony last week from the representative from the U.S. administration, we heard something similar, but contradictory also. It was that only when they separated themselves from the states and used this separate overarching body that was removed even from federal governance to gather and analyze this information, but stepping away from utilizing current information coming from each of the individual states, did they get true relevant data.
They indicated that the data they had been getting from the states was sometimes skewed towards what the individual states were pushing for at any one given time. By completely going away from a model that tied itself it to either state governments or the federal government, they were able to achieve better outcomes with more reliable data. There were fewer people who had an interest to play in how that data looked.