Summary

Preparing the Accountability Profession for 21st Century Challenges

GAO-08-1017CG  July 8, 2008

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This a Comptroller General presentation given to the Institute of Internal Auditors' 2008 International Conference in San Francisco, CA on July 8, 2008. Major topics of this presentation include: gauging current and emerging challenges, potential fiscal outcomes, federal information security weaknesses, ways to strengthen the accountability profession, and GAO's goals for establishing government auditing standards.

Subject Terms

Accountability
Auditing standards
Debt held by public
Deficit reduction
Disease control
Emergency preparedness
Financial management
Fiscal policies
Food safety
Health care cost control
Health care costs
Homeland security
Infectious diseases
Information security
Insurance premiums
Risk management
Standards
Strategic planning
Transportation costs
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