mr. scovell. some people have the opinion that when these kinds are made, because they made to aim that they don't have to be made to. in other words, a fact somewhere some oral secret cut and not affect programs for kids like me when i was growing up in special ed. so i'm just wondering, tell me about that. this is something mandated or with? >> our programs are focused on the most needy. in an environment where we've fallen behind the world, 16th in terms of college graduates. >> where 25th and 17th by 15-year-olds when you look at the direct investment education and how that impacts gdp and employment, the quality of education is clear that investment education is critical. we have no choice. >> my question is again going back, is there some way we do have sequestration under the circumstances that she could avoid the cut in these areas. i want to know because the implication is that the administration is trying to zero in on things that get the headlines or whatever. i'm trying to figure out h

mr. scovell. >> thank you for inviting me to discuss maximizing efficiency at the department of transportation. be sure to recommend hundreds of actions on improving d.o.t. programs and operations in the department works of us to fully implement them. currently more than 500 recommendations remain a win. in a single 10 were determined at the highest priority on the department's ability for stewardship of resources, implement transportation infrastructure programs of protecting investments and enhance aviation and service safety. d.o.t.'s ability to ensure effective stewardship of resources has been limited by weaknesses in grants management and i.t. procurement and security. we recommend the d.o.t. conduct reviews of an active grant projects to ensure inactive obligations are liquidated in a timely manner. and response coming d.o.t. initiated an effort for and delivered orders which identify $2.1 billion influence further d.o.t. programs. we recommend you teach a policy requiring agencies to perform quarterly reviews an annual certification balance is. last week the deputy cfo issued a memoran