Wouldn't that be a pretty effective control? I mean, we talk about all these controls in theory, but the most effective ...
I think one thing we can do in terms of keeping that spotlight on this would be something the Committee...
I understand the push, after the financial crisis, to have some form of a qualified mortgage rule.
I think today there are people who should qualify, after the QM rule, who now won't be able to get a loan.
Let us pare them back, let us force efficiency.
I mean, the fact that we do not have a common accounting system, that we do not have a common way of accounting for thes...
Is that a piece of legislation that is required? I mean, I would think the OMB could basically force agencies to do so.....
Talk, encourage. What about management actually directing people to use something that works so we save taxpayer money?
Are you, coming from the private sector, as frustrated as I am in terms of the lack of good, solid, basic financial info...
I would suggest that. Certainly in the private sector, if I needed to make sure there was greater efficiency in a partic...
That is really what OMB should be driving.
So we are publishing these conferences that exceed half a million dollars on individual agency websites, correct?
Quality, safety. That is the first. I am concerned about cost, but, boy, we do not want to compromise quality and safety...
Are they all the same, or are there different configurations of that?
So, my bottom line, and we have to go to a vote, is the development of better information, not just for the sake of gett...
I would think the private sector would probably be a little more nimble and be able to bring some real technological adv...
I did read the Inspector General's report. It raised probably more questions than it answered.
It is about information. It is about being able to have the tools and being able to make that evaluation.