U.S. Government Accountability Office Operations and the Potential Impact of Sequestration
Abstract
The Government Accountability Office(GAO) mission is to support the Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and accountability of the federal government for the benefit of the American people. GAO provides nonpartisan, objective, and reliable information to the Congress, federal agencies, and to the public and recommends improvements, when appropriate, on a wide variety of issues. GAOs work spans the full breadth and scope of the federal governments responsibilities. This testimony addresses (1) the GAOs approach to managing Congressional requests in a period of fiscal constraint and (2) the potential impact of a sequester on its ability to carry out its mission now and in the future. GAO provides products spanning the extensive interests of the Congress. In fiscal year 2012, GAO provided reports to 95 percent of the standing committees of the Congress and about60 percent of their subcommittees. Additionally, senior GAO officials testified at 159 hearings on national and international issues. GAOs annualized fiscal year 2013continuing resolution (CR) funding level of $514.4 million reflects a decrease of about $42 million from fiscal year 2010levels. Since fiscal year 2010, GAO's staffing level fell by 10.5 percent due to extremely limited hiring in the face of ongoing attrition dropping its full-time equalivant level (FTE) below 3,000 for the first time since 1935.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 26, 2013
- Accession Number
- AD1178497
Entities
People
- Eugene Louis Dodaro
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office