GAO’s Next 100 Years: Oversight, Insight, and Foresight
Channel: Foundation for American Innovation
Date: 2021-05-04

2021 year marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Government Accountability Office (GAO). After World War I, Congress sought to control growing government expenditures and debt and created GAO to assess the legality and adequacy of government expenditures. Today, GAO provides critical support to Congress through its audits, legal opinions, and analyses that span the breadth of the government’s myriad activities. This program looks back at the institutional development of GAO over the past century, and looks forward at the role the “government watchdog” will play in its next 100 years.

0:00 Introductory Remarks of Garrett Johnson, Executive Director and Co-founder, Lincoln Network
3:43 Remarks of Hon. Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General, GAO

8:22 Panel: GAO Origins and Duties
Kevin Kosar, Resident Scholar, AEI
Kate Siggerud, Chief Operating Officer, GAO
Tim Bowling, Chief Quality Officer, GAO
Edda Emmanuelli Perez, Deputy General Counsel, GAO
Elise Bean, Washington Office Director, Levin Center at Wayne Law
III. Panel: GAO in the 21st Century

1:29:00 Panel: GAO in the 21st Century
Zach Graves, Head of Policy, Lincoln Network
Chuck Young, Managing Director of Public Affairs, GAO
Tim Persons, Chief Scientist, GAO
Marci Harris, Co-founder and CEO, POPVOX
Teresa W. Gerton, President & CEO, NAPA