3.2 The Committee agrees that, given that the DCS operates entirely independently, its financial management ought to be separately audited. The feasibility of such auditing should be explored and, if possible, implemented as soon as possible. Ways in which the JICS may receive its own budget, independent of the DCS', should also be explored, as this could only enhance its independence. As already recommended in the Committee's Budgetary Review and Recommendation (BRR) report, the National Commissioner must, by 28 February 2011, provide a progress report on the DCS' exploration of ways in which the JICS can be allocated its own budget and be sufficiently resourced to perform the functions it is mandated to perform.