text: If , however , the evaluation question requires GAO to report on how satisfactory progress is or the reasons for problems in implementation , the more staff who can be on site over time , with the ricHe 'st or thickest base for examining the situation as the many people involved see it , the sounder our causal conclusions and subsequent recommendations will be .
  
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  If the GAO has to report on the progress , the recommendations will be much poorer quality .