Recommendation 1 appropriately recognizes assessment as one of the major elements of a comprehensive case management information system. It recognizes that the business requirements of Recommendation 1 and 2 cannot be developed in isolation from each other. In addition, this response addresses issues that were raised by JLARC in this and other audits and concerns expressed in the Sterling Report commissioned by DSHS to review DDD practices and in the Centers for Medical and Medicaid Services Review of July 2002