Ensuring Accountability In a Time of Financial and Fiscal Stress

This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers on August 17, 2009. Major topics of this presentation include: the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, financial institutions and markets, long-term fiscal outlook, reporting objectives, and the U.S. Financial Reuglatory System.