we have to work within the confines that we have.

Look, if we have to compress some budgets, you're going to have to do without some services.

That's the list I'm looking at.

Okay. If you could have them give us that cost, that anticipated time to build it, and then what the resulting savings might be, that would be helpful.

Well, sometimes you have to go through a series of steps which may make sense or, based on the statute, now that you've been doing this you may want to say, 'You know, if we didn't have to do a couple of these things, we could still get a…

we're going to have to find ways to trim and prioritize.

But, I think it's something to think about if there are statutory changes that would strengthen your ability to do some of these things more effectively or more efficiently, in a streamlined way--contract for services, any number of…

My hope is that we just voted for the last short-term continuing resolution and that the next effort at the end of this 3-week period we will finish out the rest of the year and the 2012 budget we are working on right now will be treated…

And are they actually building that security system, or firewall, so that you then can migrate to the one computer, and it's just a matter of them getting that done?

Are there statutory changes that come to mind that would help you streamline any of that process?

I'm very hopeful that, as we do, we're going to get into a process where we go through that normal budgeting process.

I think there were a lot of places around the country--found out on 9/11 that, in terms of their radio systems and interoperability that they had some challenges.

I think you may be covering the same point that I want to explore for just a minute.

I agree on the 2-year--matter of fact, I'm cosponsoring legislation to go to a 2-year budget cycle.

we have a significant and growing deficit and debt.

I respect that greatly, and am going to work to do the best I can to produce the very best budget.

Your priority list is your priority list. Got that.

So, your priority list is your priority list.