Summary

This is an Acting Comptroller General presentation delivered to Lycoming College James Harding Executive Speaker in Williamsport, PA on March 23, 2009. Major topics of this presentation include: GAO's mission to support Congress and improve government, financial markets and economic recovery, GAO's framework for crafting and assessing regulatory reform proposals, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, assisiting the new administration and the new Congress, and other urgent issues.