We acknowledge, however, that our national agencies lack sufficient means and work under very difficult conditions.

She said many agencies lacked bilingual staff and that their programs were not geared to potential new users.

But he said the agency lacked the authority to control advertising aimed at youths.

In addition, the agency lacks the staff to handle that scale of oversight.

However, many federal agencies lack the systems and processes required to produce meaningful financial information needed for management decisionmaking.

The agency also lacked basic resources for processing loans, including office space, phones and staff, investigators found.

Most public agencies lack confidence in their staff, so they impose lots of rules and regulations.

However, that agency had little power and lacked a centralized coordination mechanism.

But, he said, the agency lacked the money and the personnel to fulfill its promises anytime soon.

Immigration officials say most are able to evade the system because the agency lacks the resources to go after them.