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Measurable benefits of GAO work total $214.7 billion, a return of $338 for every dollar invested. [ 1 ] [ non-primary source needed ] The United States Government Accountability Office ( GAO ) is an independent, nonpartisan government agency within the legislative branch that provides auditing , evaluative , and investigative services for the ...
On February 15, 2008, Walker announced that he was resigning from GAO to head The Peter G. Peterson Foundation. Eugene Louis Dodaro became acting comptroller general of the United States on March 13, 2008, and was subsequently appointed by the president on September 22, 2010, and confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 2010, as the comptroller ...
The U.S. Government Accountability Office says it was notified of a data breach by IT contractor CGI Federal. The GAO said that about 6,000 people, "primarily current and former GAO employees from ...
Labor-management relations became fractious at the end of Walker's nine-plus year tenure as Comptroller general. On September 19, 2007, GAO analysts voted by a margin of two to one (897–445), in a 75% turnout, to establish the first union in GAO's 86-year history. Walker left the GAO to head the Peterson Foundation on March 12, 2008. [5] [6]
That review of “The True Size of Government” conducted for The Volcker Alliance by researcher Paul Light determined that in 1984, there were more than 6.9 million people working as civilians ...
The Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), commonly referred to as the "Yellow Book", are produced in the United States by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The standards apply to both financial and performance audits of government agencies. Five general standards are included: Independence; Due care
The federal government is wasting $7 billion on leases for office space — despite around half of its employees working from home on a regular basis more than four years after the start of the ...
Eugene Louis Dodaro (born May 7, 1951) is the Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). From October 1, 2000, until March 12, 2008, he was the chief operating officer (COO) of the GAO and he held the equivalent second-in-command title before the late 2000 restructuring of the GAO, Principal Assistant Comptroller General, a title he ...