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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages :
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Congressional Oversight
Author: Congressional oversight opportunities to address risks, reduce costs, and improve performance : statement of David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, before the Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428970576
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 49
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Congressional Oversight
Author: Managing for Results
Author: David Michael WalkerPublisher:
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Oversight of High-risk Government Programs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the BudgetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Congressional Oversight
Author: United States Accounting Office (GAO)Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781984905598
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
T-AIMD-00-96 Congressional Oversight: Opportunities to Address Risks, Reduce Costs, and Improve Performance
Congressional Oversight: Opportunities to Address Risks, Reduce Costs, and Improve Performance
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
In January 1999, we reported on specific federal activities and functions that are particularly vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement-an update to a series on high-risk activities begun in the last decade and provided at the start of each new Congress. Since 1990, six of our high-risk designations have been removed as a result of sustained, tangible improvements by the affected agencies; at the time of our last update, however, 26 high-risk areas remained, as shown in table 1. We have also recently reported on estimates of the range and magnitude of improper payments within specific federal programs-several of which have also been identified as high-risk areas-as disclosed in agency financial statements reports.
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report
Author: Financial Crisis Inquiry CommissionPublisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1616405414
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, published by the U.S. Government and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in early 2011, is the official government report on the United States financial collapse and the review of major financial institutions that bankrupted and failed, or would have without help from the government. The commission and the report were implemented after Congress passed an act in 2009 to review and prevent fraudulent activity. The report details, among other things, the periods before, during, and after the crisis, what led up to it, and analyses of subprime mortgage lending, credit expansion and banking policies, the collapse of companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the federal bailouts of Lehman and AIG. It also discusses the aftermath of the fallout and our current state. This report should be of interest to anyone concerned about the financial situation in the U.S. and around the world.THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION is an independent, bi-partisan, government-appointed panel of 10 people that was created to "examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States." It was established as part of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. The commission consisted of private citizens with expertise in economics and finance, banking, housing, market regulation, and consumer protection. They examined and reported on "the collapse of major financial institutions that failed or would have failed if not for exceptional assistance from the government."News Dissector DANNY SCHECHTER is a journalist, blogger and filmmaker. He has been reporting on economic crises since the 1980's when he was with ABC News. His film In Debt We Trust warned of the economic meltdown in 2006. He has since written three books on the subject including Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity (Cosimo Books, 2008), and The Crime Of Our Time: Why Wall Street Is Not Too Big to Jail (Disinfo Books, 2011), a companion to his latest film Plunder The Crime Of Our Time. He can be reached online at www.newsdissector.com.
Observations on Oversight Reform
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Legislative oversight
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Managing for Results
Author: David M. WalkerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Government Performance and Results Act arose, in part, out of Congress' frustration that its policy and spending decisions and oversight had been handicapped by a lack of precise information on program goals, performance, and costs. Today, agencies must set multiyear strategic goals and corresponding annual goals, measure their performance, and report on their results. The implementation of the act is now at a critical point. By the end of March, agencies are to publish annual performance reports that, for the first time, will provide an overall picture of the performance of federal programs. The information becoming available as a result of the act also affords an opportunity to reexamine what government does, how it does it, and who benefits. In short, the act has the potential to ensure that the government delivers the results that the American people expect and deserve. The Comptroller General's testimony provides an overview of the act's implementation across the executive branch, discusses how the House of Representatives has used the act to improve program oversight and decisionmaking, and suggests ways to use the act to address some of the critical program and management issues confronting the government.