Human Capital Taking Steps to Meet Current and Emerging Human Capital Challenges

Abstract

Todays GAO is far different from the organization that opened its doors in1921. For the first 3 decades of GAOs existence, its workforce consisted primarily of accounting clerks, whose job was to audit agency vouchers for the legality, propriety, and accuracy of expenditures. In the 1950s,when GAOs statutory role shifted to comprehensive auditing of government agencies, the agency began to hire accountants. Later, GAOs role expanded further, to include program reviews, policy analysis ,investigations, and legal adjudications. As a result, today GAO is a multidisciplinary professional services organization, whose staff reflects the diversity of knowledge and competencies needed to deliver a wide array of products and services to support the Congress.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 17, 2001
Accession Number
AD1180938

Entities

People

  • David M. Walker

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Money
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Organizational Realignment
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Professional Development
  • Students

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Systems Analysis and Design