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Challenges Facing the New Administration and the 111th Congress

GAO-09-383CG Published: Feb 19, 2009. Publicly Released: Feb 19, 2009.
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This is a presentation by the Acting Comptroller General delivered to the AGA 2009 Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. on February 19, 2009. Major topics of this presentation include: assisting the new administration and the new Congress, modernizing the outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System, other urgent transition issues, the 2009 High-Risk List, and the long-term challenges facing the nation.

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