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Auditing and Advising in a Time of Transition

GAO-08-842CG Published: May 21, 2008. Publicly Released: May 21, 2008.
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This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the 17th Biennial Forum of Government Auditors in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 21, 2008. Major topics of this presentation include: upcoming presidential transitions and GAO's role, GAO's evolving strategy to serve the Congress and the Nation, emergency preparedness and homeland defense, the new FEMA, and public health system and pandemic planning.

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