GAO: Promoting Accountability and Transparency in Government

This is an Acting Comptroller General presentation given before the Women's Philanthropy Board 7th Annual Spring Symposium at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama on April 6, 2009. Major topics of this presentation include: GAO's mission to support Congress and improve government, financial markets and economic recovery, GAO's framework for crafting and assessing regulatory reform proposals, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, assisting the new administration and the new Congress, and other urgent issues.