ms. stevens and i will ask mr.miller but as there something that the subcommittee or the a can do to help you do your job better? >> real-life to see the interagency working group reestablished. >> okay. we will try to make that happen. >> mr. miller? >> two quick questions thank you for your hospitality. anytime this body can go out to arlington we appreciate what you do. one deals with the policy eye and a stand it took almost 10 years to come up with the policy. could you now quickly describe why it took so long and what the policy is and how you go through that process? >> was an informal process of it is now formalized through the secretary of the army. there is a group of senior officials within the army that would receive the request after they have come to my office with the recommendation i forwarded on to the secretary of army and then turn and they will take that recommendation request and send it to the senior panel. they will make the recommendations back to the assistant secretary of all working indep

ms. stevens and i will ask mr.iller but as there something that the subcommittee or the a can do to help you do your job better? >> real-life to see the interagency working group reestablished. >> okay. we will try to make that happen. >> mr. miller? >> two quick questions thank you for your hospitality. anytime this body can go out to arlington we appreciate what you do. one deals with the policy eye and a stand it took almost 10 years to come up with the policy. could you now quickly describe why it took so long and what the policy is and how you go through that process? >> was an informal process of it is now formalized through the secretary of the army. there is a group of senior officials within the army that would receive the request after they have come to my office with the recommendation i forwarded on to the secretary of army and then turn and they will take that recommendation request and send it to the senior panel. they will make the recommendations back to the assistant secretary of all working indepe

ms. biggert. r five minutes. >> thank you, madam chairman. my questions for mr. stevens.do you believe the resources at fha are enough, or do you think there is need particularly in the area of administrative funding, staff increases, and more technology, capabilities to accomplish fha's oversight? >> i appreciate the question. i have stated previously and others have as wellhat we do believe that somedditional investment is nded from a resource standpoint particularly in the area of technology as you have mentioned, to help bring our systems io line. >> how long will it take, bcause we have been worried for several years on this technology issue and it hasn't been resolved. or it is not completed yet. >> that is a great question. i think at the end of the day theris some deferred investment into systems, into africa in general. there is a budget request in. buet request i kw they made in past yea as well, but we're hoping and we have an initiative of transformation initiative right now in hud. we have mped out the specific investment that we would like to see to upgrade