|
|
Article: Fitzgerald Presses GAO to Improve Financial Oversight of Executive Branch Agencies; Senator, Colleagues Initiate Thorough Study to Identify Agencies and Programs Not Subject to Rigorous Auditing Requirements.
- Article from:
- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- December 13, 2004
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 PR Newswire Association LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing his effort to promote greater accountability of taxpayer dollars, U.S. Senator Peter G. Fitzgerald (R-IL) today requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) study ways to improve financial oversight of Executive Branch entities.
In a letter to GAO Comptroller David Walker, Senator Fitzgerald, chairman of the Governmental Affairs Financial Management subcommittee, and Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI), the subcommittee's ranking member, along with the chairman and ranking member of the House Government Reform Committee, Tom Davis (R-VA) and Henry Waxman (D-CA), respectively, and Representative Todd Platts ...