Frances Garcia joined the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in 1986 and was appointed as the Inspector General of GAO in 1996. In November 2011, she was designated Inspector General of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Ms. Garcia received the GAO Distinguished Service Award in 2005 and the John Henry Luke Mentoring Award in 2007.

Ms. Garcia is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Government Financial Manager. She is a graduate of Midwestern State University, where she received the Distinguished Alumna Award, and has served on numerous committees for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, including the Governance and Structure Committee.

Ms Garcia was Chair of the U.S. Copyright Royalty Tribunal, where she pioneered legislation establishing the royalty rates for the cable industry, the recording industry, noncommercial broadcasting, and the jukebox industry.

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