Thank you, Mr. Chair. The department had the authority from the Financial Management Board, up to a certain limit, to award a contract, and that’s where our authority is.
With respect to the appropriation level it is a condition of the contract that was attached to the letter of award that the Member brought up that any expenditure made pursuant to the contract has to be approved by the House. Then there are further clauses, if there’s no money available, on how that would be resolved between the contract authority, which would be ourselves, and the contractor.