Anticipating and Meeting Accountability Challenges in 2014 and Beyond

This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the 2014 JFMIP Federal Financial Management Conference in Washington, D.C. on May 20, 2014. Major topics of this presentation include: (1) threats confronting U.S. national security interests, (2) fiscal sustainability and debt challenges, (3) the changing dynamics of global interdependence and multilateral cooperation, (4) advances in science and technology, (5) communications networks and information technology, (6) shifting roles in government and governance, and (7) demographic and societal changes confronting young and old.