I am all for efficiency, but you also need some redundancy in the system in case one location goes down.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And I want to thank our witnesses for being here today. We appreciate your service.

We are trying to do it in a way that does not harm the public and that would be considered a smart way to trim our spending.

Do you believe advances in personalized medicine could be threatened should the Congress enact cuts to the NIH's budget?

The Federal Government is not known for being nimble, and IT would be a good example of where it needs to become much more nimble because IT changes so quickly.

I used to serve on the Armed Services Committee and periodically the military would issue a bid of some sort and then change the requirements midway through the process.

When I look at an agency that does very important work, like the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), ... it just seems that when they do a contract, it takes so long and it is so expensive.

When they sat down with the Department of Defense, they asked the DOD how many contracts they had and they could not answer that question.

I think it is something that is worth fuller discussion, so I appreciate your thoughts on that.

I am a big believer, though, of reviewing what is currently there and beginning to pare back and to try to focus on core responsibilities.

Do you have examples of how social media has actually saved lives?