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GAO-21-308SP 1 (2021-05-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaolss0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO Performance Budget FY 2022 Fiscal Year 2022 Performance Plan GAO Supports Congressional Decision- Making, Saves Taxpayer Dollars, and Helps Improve Government The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of Congress. Commonly known as the congressional watchdog, we examine how taxpayer dollars are spent and advise lawmakers and agency leaders aboutways to make government work better. As a legislative branch agency, we are exempt from many laws that apply to executive branch agencies. However, we generally hold ourselves to the spirit of many such laws, including the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act of 1982 (FMFIA); the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA); and the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA). This section of GAO's fiscal year 2022 budget request constitutes our performance plan. We are unique in our audit and evaluation capacity to support Congress by performing original research, providing technical assistance, and conducting analyses to help Congress make informed decisions across the federal budget, producing tangible results and enhanced oversight. Our work directly contributes to improvements in a broad array of federal programs affecting Americans everywhere. We demonstrate our core values of accountability, integrity, and reliability by providing high-quality, high-value, and independent support to Congress in ways that generate material benefits to the nation. Given our reputation for consistently producing high-quality work that is typically based on original research, it is not surprising that congressional demand for our products and services remains strong. During fiscal year 2020, we received requests for work from 90 percent of the standing committees of Congress and about 27 percent of their subcommittees. GAO continues to be one of the best investments in the federal government. In fiscal year 2020, our work brought $77.6 billion in financial benefits for the federal government (a return of about $114 for every dollar invested in GAO) and 1,332 in other benefits that cannot be measured in dollars, but led to program and operational improvements across the government. More than 77 percent of our recommendations were implemented over a 4-year period. Additional information on our performance and accomplishments can be found in our Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2020.1 In addition, our experts testified 59 times before 43 separate committees or subcommittees on topics including COVID- 19; disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; the 2020 U.S. Census; the Chief Financial Officers Act; and the nation's fiscal health. A list of selected testimony topics from fiscal year 2020 is included in table 1. GAO-21 -308SP Fiscal Year 2022 Performance Plan H-i 1 https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-21-4SP GAO-21-308SP Fiscal Year 2022 Performance Plan H-1

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