Transformation Challenges in America and the Accountability Profession
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Table of contents
- Transformation Challenges in America and the Accountability Profession
- GAO's Strategic Plan
- What Kind of Work Does GAO Do?
- GAO's High Risk List
- Composition of Federal Spending
- Federal Spending for Mandatory and Discretionary Programs
- Fiscal Year 2004 Deficit Numbers
- Surplus or Deficit as a Share of GDP Fiscal Years 1962-2004
- Selected Fiscal Exposures:Sources and Examples
- Another Way to Think About These Numbers
- Composition of Spending As a Share of GDP Under Baseline Extended
- Composition of Spending as a Share of GDP Assuming Discretionary Spending Grows with GDP after 2004 and All Expiring Tax Provisions are Extended
- Current Fiscal Policy Is Unsustainable
- The Way Forward
- Long-term Fiscal Challenges Demand New Metrics, Mechanisms, and Processes
- Improved Metrics, Measures and Processes: Some Ideas
- We Need a Multifaceted Approach to Close the Long-Term Fiscal Gap
- Selected 21st Century Questions
- Key National Indicators
- Accountability Environment
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act Provisions with Potential Implications for Government
- Excerpts From the 103rd American Assembly Report: The Future of the Accounting Profession*
- Rebuilding Public Trust
- GAO's Work to Modernize the Accountability Profession
- Selected Federal Government Reporting Challenges
- Selected Government Accountability Issues
- The Federal Financial Audit Environment
- Major Impediments to an Opinion on CFS
- Planning for Future CFS Audits
- The Future Accounting/Reporting and Audit Reporting Model
- The Future Accounting/Reporting and Audit Reporting Model (cont'd)
- The Future Accounting/Reporting and Audit Reporting Model (cont'd 2)
- Key Concepts in the Accountability Profession
- Three Key Leadership Attributes Needed for These Challenging and Changing Times
- Final