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

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.