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Many reports are issued periodically and take a long view of U.S. agencies' operations. [citation needed] The GAO also produces annual reports on key issues [17] such as Duplication and Cost savings [18] and High-Risk Update. [19] The GAO prepares some 900 reports annually. [20] The GAO publishes reports and information relating to, inter alia:
In the 2023 budget year, agencies bought 25,300 gas-powered vehicles and a total of 5,500 EVs and plug-in hybrids -- 60% of 11 agencies' combined target of 9,500, the report said.
On February 15, 2008, Walker announced that he was resigning from GAO to head The Peter G. Peterson Foundation. Eugene Louis Dodaro became acting comptroller general of the United States on March 13, 2008, and was subsequently appointed by the president on September 22, 2010, and confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 2010, as the comptroller ...
The GAO's Fiscal Year 2016 annual budget was $555 million, with "Measurable financial benefits from GAO work: $63.4 billion--a return of about $112 on every dollar invested in GAO." [12] In contrast, GAO reports show that the Defense Department's 2,200 overlapping financial systems cost $18 billion a year to operate. [5]
A top House Republican sent a letter Wednesday to the governmental watchdog group, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), calling for increased oversight of the Pentagon after the agency ...
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act created the Troubled Asset Relief Program to administer up to $700 billion. Several oversight mechanisms are established by the bill, including the Congressional Oversight Panel, the Special Inspector General for TARP (SIGTARP), the Financial Stability Oversight Board, and additional requirements for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the ...
The Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), commonly referred to as the "Yellow Book", are produced in the United States by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The standards apply to both financial and performance audits of government agencies. Five general standards are included: Independence; Due care
The GAO concluded that pressure from outside groups creates a hostile work environment in which audit reports are falsified to appease contractors. [21] In response to the GAO report, Senator Joe Lieberman said, "Perhaps it's time for us to consider separating DCAA from the Department of Defense and … making it an independent auditing agency ...