And I am not hearing any answer to why you are doing it that way. And I would really like to move on.

That is what I find offensive and alarming. And I think you ought to fix it.

1 percent is an unbelievable figure, or even 12. I mean----

Okay. How many kids are we talking about?

We think it is very, very important. We want to work with you. We want to try to be of assistance to you.

I mean, if they were not getting a permanency plan, I have a problem, right?

Is that your rule?

Well, if your answer to me would have been, Senator, it just costs too darn much money to do it, I might understand it.

Whoa. Is that not important? I mean, I can see notification being important. That is procedure.

And the universe is what? And Senator Landrieu asked you this. But how many total cases are we talking about?

OMB's rule. So that's what we're dealing with?

The only reason you go to a system like this and put the money into it is so that your caseworkers have more time to be caseworkers.

It is imperative that CFSA address these problems and protect the lives of this city's children.

All right. So we are missing a thousand. Do you agree with that?

what is the outlook on Wall Street for the city's bond rating, and do you think that the recent GAO report will affect the bond rating?

But if I have a 5,000 figure, and what's the figure, 5,000 what?

I had to attend another hearing actually, we call it a Senate markup, we were moving a poison control bill that we passed out of committee just a few minutes ago.

The General Accounting Office has determined that CFSA is not meeting the official requirements of the Adoption and Safe Families Act.