OTI's worldwide activity database is a simple and effective information system that serves as a program management, tracking, and reporting tool. In each country, the database serves as the main instrument for chronicling the life cycles and outcomes of individual activities and is the primary library of data from which working documents and internal and external reports are generated. Evaluators, peer review teams, and others who need to research active or past OTI programs use it to read the story of a program through its lifecycle. It also allows staff at headquarters to provide immediate, up-to-date information to audiences in Washington without needing to query field teams.