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Anticipating and Meeting Accountability Challenges in a Dynamic Environment

GAO-12-988CG Published: Aug 04, 2012. Publicly Released: Aug 07, 2012.
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This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the American Bar Association in Chicago, IL, on August 4, 2012. Major topics of this presentation include: threats confronting U.S. national security interests, fiscal sustainability and debt challenges, annual report on duplication, overlap, and fragmentation, economic recovery and restored growth, shifting roles in government and governance, and GAO's role in evaluating the implementation of the Modernization Act.

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