under fisma, gao is responsible for assessing the security at federal agencies and compliance of the provisions of the act. that is the other side is federal law. another requirement for agencies to follow. and our report we do address how well federal agencies are meeting those requirements are based on the work that gao has performed, as well as the work that agency i.g.'s and agencies themselves have issued. host: 11 of the 24 agencies have significant deficiencies when it comes to protecting information on federal systems, you say. what did you mean by significant deficiencies? guest: that dealt with the result of the financial statement audits of federal agencies. as part of an agency's audit, the auditors are supposed to review their internal controls over financial resources and reporting. a key component of an agency's internal control are the controls of the financial systems. what that shows, it is not only 11 but 8 that had a material witness which is more severe. what a significant deficiency is is that it is likely that an error or misstatement and a financial statement

under fisma gao's responsible for assessing the security at federal agencies and compliance of the provisions of the act. so that is the other side of the federal law. it's another requirement for agencies to follow. in our report we do address how well federal agencies are meeting those requirements based on the work the gao has done as well as the work that agency igs in the agencies themselves have issued reports on information. >> host: and in your report, you say that 11 of the 24 agencies have significant deficiencies when it comes to protecting information on the federal systems. what did you mean by significant deficiencies? >> guest: okay that statistic dealt with the result of the financial statement audits at the federal agency. and so is part of an age and seeing audit, audit of the financial statements the auditors are supposed to review their agencies internal controls over financial resources and reporting. a key component of an agency's internal control are the controls of the financial systems. what that shows is actually does not only 11 the show significant deficiencies but