The Davis-Bacon waiver removed red tape to get the recovery effort going quickly with more companies participating. We have not seen any evidence of abuse -- in fact, we have seen just the opposite. The waivers are proving to be effective and efficient, jump-starting the recovery effort at reduced costs to taxpayers.

Food stamps and WIC provide larger, more flexible benefits than CSFP.

Despite spending more than $6.5 billion since 2001, these grants have not been able to demonstrate an impact on crime.

It was a tight budget year, but the administration's support for Guam is evidenced in the renegotiated Compacts of Free Association, which made the Compact mandatory rather than subject to the uncertainty of annual appropriations. The revised Compacts also increased Guam's impact aid from US$5 million annually to US$14 million annually.

The administration's proposal does not impact unlicensed spectrum. We do not wish to charge fees on unlicensed use.

Account and agency levels in model runs don't reflect future policy decisions since those are only made on a year-by-year basis.