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Fiscal Year 2023
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 heads on
ways 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 FY
2023 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 FY 2021, we received requests for
work from 90 percent of the standing
committees of Congress and about 26
percent of their subcommittees.
GAO continues to be one of the best
investments in the federal government. In
FY 2021, our work brought $66.2 billion in
financial benefits for the federal government
(a return of about $93 for every dollar
invested in GAO) and 1,239 in other
benefits that cannot be measured in dollars,
but led to program and operational
improvements across the government.
More than 76 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 2021.1
In addition, our experts testified 67 times
before 45 separate committees or
subcommittees on topics including the
federal government's response to COVID-
19; facial recognition technology; DOD's
prevention, response, and oversight of
domestic abuse; VA's acquisition supply
chain management strategy; and the
nation's fiscal health.
A list of selected testimony topics from FY
2021 is included in table 1.

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