"Shouldn't that information be shared?"
"If that is not a true statement, then the Department of State should not be saying it."
"Why can we not get our act together when it comes to websites for tracking spending?"
"OMB has developed a system known as the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART), and it is a performance results system that is intended to evaluate the effectiveness of Federal programs."
"People are very interested in tracking that spending, of making sure that it is achieving the results that all of us hope that it will."
"Now tell me how that differs from a best value approach to awarding the contract."
"I guess that would be extremely poor performance."
"I believe her nomination is an inspired choice."
"This year alone, the Federal Government will spend more than $70 billion on IT projects, and yet OMB every year, through its tracking system, identifies billions of dollars of wasted spending on IT."
"In the previous Administration, OMB tried to use low PART ratings as a justification for terminating or reducing funding for various programs."
"What concerns me about that assessment is the nature of some of the deficiencies."