National Public Service Report
Brookings Institute held a discussion about a report from the National Commission on Public Service which provided a series of recommendations for reorganizing the federal government. Follow…
74 viewsBrookings Institute held a discussion about a report from the National Commission on Public Service which provided a series of recommendations for reorganizing the federal government. Follow…
74 viewsThe Senate Banking Committee heard testimony from General Accounting Office and Federal Reserve Board officials concerning the annual GAO report on Federal Reserve operations and management.…
114 viewsHousing and Urban Development SecretaryHenry Cisneros participated in GAO’s Hispanic Heritage Celebration. He spoke on issues of concern to the Hispanic community, including economic opportu…
98 viewsWitnesses testified concerning the the problems of reliability in recent General Accounting Office (GAO) reports. They provided short statements and took questions from the representatives c…
135 viewsThe Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress heard testimony from the directors of five Congressional support agencies. Witnesses explained how their agencies aid Congress and why the…
65 viewsThe Senate Governmental Affairs Committee heard testimony from IRS officials and other government employees on a recent government report detailing misconduct by Internal Revenue Service emp…
281 viewsEarlier this year the Government Accounting Office conducted the first audit of the finances of the U.S. Army. The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee heard testimony on the results of tha…
89 viewsThe Senate Finance Subcommittee on Deficits, Debt Management and International Debt held a hearing on the long term impact of the deficit on the economy. The subcommittee heard testimony on…
69 viewsLast month in Baltimore the National Examiners Conference met to discuss new, secret, bank examination standards. The Bush administration refused to allow representatives of the House Bankin…
100 viewsA House Government Operations Subcommittee heard testimony on the development of the space station Freedom. Specifically, the subcommittee investigated and compared the estimate of the cost …
205 viewsThe committee heard testimony on the progress of the Bush administration at the halfway point of President Bush’s term. Mr. Bowsher, comptroller general for the General Accounting Office, pr…
76 viewsThe committee was briefed by the witnesses on their opinions and views as to the cost of Operation Desert Shield. Few members of the committee attended the hearing due to the business of the…
60 viewsRep. Richard Ray of Georgia invited 100 community leaders from his state to Washington, DC to learn about a range of issues including the Persian Gulf situation and the status of budget nego…
75 viewsCharles Bowsher, Comtroller General of the United States, spoke at the 16th Annual Wirth Washington Seminar and presented a budget overview, discussed the U.S. economy in the 1990's, and ans…
31 viewsThe House Budget Committee’s Task Force on Urgent Fiscal Issues talked about the importance of federal loan guarantees for homes, businesses, and student loans being accounted for in the bud…
77 viewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee looked at alleged discrimination against immigrants and examined whether the Immigration and Reform Act of 1986 had caused discrimination by employers. A repor…
105 viewsU.S. House of Representatives, House Banking, Finance, and, Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Deposit Insurance Reform, Part 2
59 viewsThe Senate Finance Committee hearing on a social security tax cut continued. Charles Bowsher, Comptroller General of the U.S. General Accounting Office, and Robert Ball, the former Commissio…
41 viewsCharles Bowsher talked about his solutions to the government’s accounting problems and answered viewers' questions.
64 viewsThe committee follows up on several hearings on waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government and on the General Accounting Office’s response to inadequate management controls. The commit…
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