Yes, please. I think it's important to demonstrate the fact that this year, to my understanding, there were 254,500 outstanding pay action requests. Apparently, that's a big improvement from the 334,000 requests that were filed the year before.
I don't see that as an improvement. I can see how it's an improvement to some folks, but 254,500 pay action requests—that's people. That's people who work around here and who work across our country. Three years is extremely unacceptable. We have to find better ways to do this.
Auditor General, what steps should the government take to reduce this number of outstanding pay action requests, and how can we do that quickly?