I think that if the departments believe they have to submit an action plan to this committee—which I understand they do—on every audit we perform, regardless of whether there's a hearing or not, I think certainly that sends the right message to the departments. Also, we can choose to do a follow-up audit on anything we want at a later point. We can't follow up on all audits, but any input we get from the committee in terms of chapters that would be of interest to the committee for follow up could help as well. I think outside of having the hearings, as long as there's a very clear message coming from the committee that the departments are expected to come up with an action plan, and expected to present that action plan and send that action plan to the committee, that certainly is helpful.
On March 31st, 2014. See this statement in context.