Mr. John A. Moran:

I hesitate to say it, but I also do not consider parliamentary questions a very efficient way to do business. Indeed, something that has shocked me since coming to the Department is the amount of the officials' time that is consumed by the process, particularly because we are often touching on the same issues in dealing with them. Forums such as this can be helpful for discussing how we work and soliciting ideas. I mentioned previously that there is renewed focus in the Department on how we use the audit committee and how it should be able to help us with advice. Committees such as this can also help us to understand how we should look at things and how we should operate our business.