Summary

Working to Improve Accountability in an Evolving Environment

GAO-08-720CG  April 18, 2008

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This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the 2008 Maryland Association of CPAs' Government and Non-for-Profit Conference in College Park, MD, on April 18, 2008. Major topics of this presentation include federal debt, combined government fiscal challenge, personal savings decline, GAO's strategy to serve Congress and the nation, agency transformations, and remaining high-risk areas.

Subject Terms

Accountability
Balanced budgets
Budget administration
Cost analysis
Cost control
Debt held by public
Economic analysis
Federal debt
Federal social security programs
Financial analysis
Financial management
Fiscal policies
Health care costs
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Mission essential operations
Policy evaluation
Program evaluation
Program management
Strategic planning
GAO High Risk Series