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GAO: Ensuring Accountability Through Financial Auditing and Much More

GAO-14-180CG Published: Nov 01, 2013. Publicly Released: Nov 06, 2013.
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This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered as the Andrew D. Braden Lecture at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio on November 1, 2013. Major topics of this presentation include: (1) What GAO does, (2) GAO's impact, (3) GAO- past and present and (4) The importance of public service.

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AccountabilityAuditing standardsAuditsCongressional oversightFinancial analysisFinancial managementFinancial statement auditsFiscal policiesInternal controlsPaymentsQuestionable paymentsTax lawsErroneous paymentsStrategic planningTechnologyDuplication of effortTransparencyPublic safety