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Increasing Financial Literacy in America

GAO-07-284CG Published: Dec 11, 2006. Publicly Released: Dec 11, 2006.
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This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the National CPA Financial Literacy Commission on December 11, 2006. Major topics of this presentation include: the growing fiscal burden, the composition of federal spending, and GAO's efforts to increase financial literacy.

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Auditing and Financial Management
Accounting standardsAllocation (Government accounting)Balanced budgetsBudget administrationBudget deficitDeficit reductionEconomic analysisEconomic policiesEducationFederal social security programsFinancial analysisFinancial managementFiscal policiesHealth care cost controlHealth care costsHealth care programsIntergovernmental fiscal relationsPerformance measuresProgram evaluation