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Measuring the Performance of Audit Organizations: GAO's Evolving Experiences

GAO-07-598CG Published: Mar 30, 2007. Publicly Released: Mar 30, 2007.
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This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the 19th UN/INTOSAI Seminar in Vienna, Austria on March 28 through March 30, 2007. Major topics of this presentation include: the criticality of performance measures for the U.S. government, GAO's audit practices, financial benefits for fiscal year 2006, timeliness and testimonies, attracting and retaining GAO staff, and internal operations measures.

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Auditing and Financial Management
AccountabilityAudit oversightAuditing standardsAuditsEmployee developmentEmployee incentivesEmployee relationsEmployee retentionEvaluation criteriaFederal agenciesFederal employeesFederal regulationsFinancial statement auditsHuman capital managementHuman capital planningInternal auditsInternal controlsInvestigations into federal agenciesPerformance measuresPolicy evaluationTimelinessTransparency