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        Janet St. Laurent
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            Ms. Janet St. Laurent is the Deputy Director of the Center for Audit Excellence. Her key responsibilities include assisting the Center Director in managing Center operations and coordinating the Center’s work on international projects.

From October 2015-January 15, 2022, Ms. Janet St. Laurent served as the Director of the Center for Audit Excellence. As Director of the Center, Ms. St. Laurent was responsible for leading the development of Center training and technical assistance services and projects; developing relationships and partnerships with domestic and international organizations with similar goals to build institutional audit capacity; recruiting and supervising Center staff; and developing and implementing sound business processes and internal controls to manage Center activities and facilitate achievement of the Center’s mission.

From January 2008 to January 2014, Ms. St. Laurent served as Managing Director of GAO’s Defense Capabilities and Management team. Her principal duties included managing GAO’s work on defense issues including force structure, readiness, logistics, infrastructure, defense budget, emerging threats, and military and civilian personnel issues. During her tenure, she led her team to achieve more than $30 billion in financial savings as a result of recommendations made to and implemented by the Department of Defense. She testified numerous times before Congressional Committees, including the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. As Managing Director, she also mentored and supported the professional development of 250 staff members by developing team-based training, serving as an Adjunct Faculty member in GAO’s Learning Center, and hiring and promoting staff.

While serving as Managing Director, Ms. St. Laurent was also appointed by the Comptroller General to co-lead GAO’s first two congressionally-mandated annual reports examining duplication, overlap, and fragmentation among federal government programs. In that capacity, she worked with numerous GAO teams and testified before the bi-partisan Presidential Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (Simpson-Bowles Commission).

Ms. St. Laurent received a Masters degree in Public Administration from Syracuse University and a Master of Science degree in National Security Strategy from the National War College. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

Ms. St. Laurent has received numerous awards at GAO including the Comptroller General Leadership Award. In 2015, she received the Distinguished Public Administration Alumni Award from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. In 2011, she was selected as a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal finalist in recognition of her work on national security issues. She has participated in numerous public speaking engagements, including appearances on CSPAN, Bloomberg News, and public radio.
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    Government Efficiency and Effectiveness: Opportunities for Improvement and Considerations for RestructuringGAO-12-454T
      
	Published:  Mar 21, 2012


	Publicly Released: Mar 21, 2012
          2012 Annual Report: Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance RevenueGAO-12-342SP
      
	Published:  Feb 28, 2012


	Publicly Released: Feb 28, 2012
          Follow-up on 2011 Report: Status of Actions Taken to Reduce Duplication, Overlap, and Fragmentation, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance RevenueGAO-12-453SP
      
	Published:  Feb 28, 2012


	Publicly Released: Feb 28, 2012
          More Efficient and Effective Government: Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance RevenueGAO-12-449T
      
	Published:  Feb 28, 2012


	Publicly Released: Feb 28, 2012
          List of Selected Federal Programs That Have Similar or Overlapping Objectives, Provide Similar Services, or Are Fragmented Across Government MissionsGAO-11-474R
      
	Published:  Mar 18, 2011


	Publicly Released: Mar 18, 2011
          Human Capital: Status of Actions Needed to Improve the Timely and Accurate Delivery of Compensation and Medical Benefits to Deployed CiviliansGAO-10-615T
      
	Published:  Apr 14, 2010


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  Duplication and Overlap Across the Federal Government
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