mr. myberg crets the new information sharing process with contributing to e.p.a.'s taking action more quickly after the i.g. completes an investigation. similarly, mr. sullivan from the i.g.'s office agrees -- and i thank you for doing such a great job. and he concluded that is mr. sullivan said and i quote, misconduct cases are now being addressed faster and more consistently by the e.p.a. management. but ladies and gentlemen we can always do better. as i said, serious misconduct is rare. but we have to take it seriously. e.p.a. reports that it has only 14 open employee misconduct reports of investigation from the i.g. for an e.p.a. workforce of some 15,000, that is less than 1/10 of 1%. but we can do better. this committee also has expressed concerns about excessive use of administrative leave. that has been a major concern of the committee. in february the agency issued a new policy on administrative leave. under the new policy, an e.p.a. employee may not -- may not -- be placed on administrative leave for more than 10 days without approval from the assistant ad