[The Leesburg GAO Senior Executive Management Meeting Speeches]

The 1983 GAO Senior Executive Management Meeting stressed the need for understanding, communicating, and building teamwork within the GAO organization. The need for improvement in various management areas was discussed including: planning, the use of report conferences, quality assurance procedures, report responsibility, the issue area system, work with Congress on auditing internal controls and accounting systems, auditing State and local governments, computer use, appraisal of new legislation, and the Senior Executive Service bonus. The need for consistently high quality and timely reports was also described as well as the importance of high quality GAO employees. In addition, the need to encourage and facilitate coordination and cooperation between divisions and offices was discussed as well as the need for greater commitment to moving into the computer area. Finally, the use of the annual plan to help in budgeting and personnel work was suggested.