Gene Dodaro

  • Agency officials from the Defense Department and the Office of Personnel Management, along with a handful of other agencies, cited significant improvements in both timeliness and accuracy in the security-clearance program at a Senate subcommittee. The agencies agreed, however, much work remained to maintain that progress and to take on new challenges, such as reciprocity and reinvestigation.

    June 21, 2012
  • Government Accountability Office employees could face six days of furlough this year as the watchdog agency expects a possible cut of $35 to $42 million in its budget compared with last year.

    October 20, 2011
  • How will the GAO celebrate a big milestone? We hear from Comptroller General Gene Dodaro

    July 07, 2011
  • OFPP administrator Dan Gordon told a Senate committee that a new rule to add more oversight to multi-agency contracts should be out soon. Agencies wanting to develop new multiple award contracts will have to justify them before going forward. OFPP is also trying to use strategic sourcing to take advantage of the government\'s buying power.

    May 26, 2011
  • Congress is holding the government accountable for federal building ownership and leasing. Rep. Holmes Norton is asking GSA for access to excess building data.

    March 04, 2011
  • Rep. Issa and other Republicans criticize the administration for not testifying on GAO report on duplicative programs. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee promises quarterly hearings on how agencies are chipping away at the widespread overlap.

    March 04, 2011
  • The Defense Department\'s deputy chief financial officer said Friday that the department believes it will achieve the 2017 deadline to produce auditable financial statements. DoD is approaching the problem in way that makes clear that clean books are not only the responsibility of its accountants, he said.

    February 21, 2011
  • Comptroller General Gene Dodaro discusses government management and projects on the high-risk list.

    February 17, 2011
  • GAO\'s biannual list includes 30 programs that are in trouble. House and Senate members promise to focus more of their attention on the initiatives most at risk. Members plan to use the model that worked for DoD and personnel security clearances in other problematic areas.

    February 17, 2011
  • Comptroller General Gene Dodaro outlines the top priorities of the Government Accountability Office now that he has been confirmed.

    January 06, 2011
  • The Government Accountability Office perennially tops the list as one of the best agencies to work for in the Federal Government. So how does newly confirmed Comptroller General Gene Dodaro plan to keep up agency…

    January 06, 2011
  • A 30-year veteran of the Government Accountability Office was formally sworn-in Thursday as U.S. Comptroller General.

    December 31, 2010
  • Chairman and Ranking Member of committee overseeing GAO both recommended him to President Obama as best candidate.

    November 24, 2010
  • By Jason Miller Executive Editor Federal News Radio President Obama today announced his intention to nominate Gene Dodaro to be the next Comptroller General of the United States. Dodaro has been the acting Comptroller General…

    September 22, 2010