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handle is hein.gao/gaobactvn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: TESTIMONY OF EUGENE L. DODARO TO BE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Statement before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs November 18, 2010 Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Collins and Members of the Committee. Good afternoon. I am pleased to be here today to discuss my nomination to become Comptroller General of the United States. I greatly value the trust and support provided by the ten member bi-cameral bi-partisan Congressional Commission in forwarding my name to President Obama and by the President in nominating me for this important position. I also would like to take this unique opportunity to thank the thousands of people at GAO I have worked with over the years and to recognize that without their dedicated and talented support, I would not be before you today. If confirmed, I pledge to continue to faithfully and diligently lead GAO in accomplishing its mission to support Congress in carrying out its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and accountability of government for the benefit of the American people. At this juncture, our Nation's elected leaders face an array of complex domestic and international challenges which need to be successfully addressed to ensure the well-being of our citizens and the security and prosperity of our county. GAO can help the Congress by providing high quality, objective and timely analysis of government programs, operations and finances - information that the Congress needs to make policy choices, ensure transparency and accountability, and protect the taxpayer. In short, there are tremendous challenges ahead, and I would be honored to lead GAO during this important period in our Nation's history. While I have already provided the Committee information on my background and views on the responsibilities of the Comptroller General as well as GAO's role and operations, there are a few points that merit emphasizing today. As a start, I want to underscore that, if confirmed, my overall approach to leading GAO would be to build on its solid foundation as a steadfast non-partisan watchdog for the American people, a trusted advisor to the Congress, and a leading force in promoting more effective and efficient management across government. This vision for GAO includes sustaining and enhancing its core functions, while continuing to evolve GAO in ways that can better serve the Congress and the Nation in a first rate manner, now and in the future. I would work to continuously enhance GAO's capabilities to provide timely and quality service to committees throughout the Congress to address current and emerging challenges. This assistance spans the breadth of government activities and interests, ranging from homeland and national security challenges to health care, education, and retirement concerns, natural resources, environmental and infrastructure issues, as well regulatory reforms related to financial institutions and the housing sector, including efforts to resolve the status of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Within this context of broad based assistance to the institution of the Congress, I would also provide even greater emphasis on identifying high risk issues across government and in working collaboratively with the Congress, agency leaders and OMB to resolve them. Making greater progress in solving high risk areas that are in need of broad-based transformation or are vulnerable Statement of Gene Dodaro November 18, 20 10

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