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Government accountants issue advice to Treasury to help clean up its books

After a year-long study, the Association of Government Accountants issued a report suggesting a dozen changes and steps that would improve how the U.S. Treasury Department tracks government-wide revenue, spending and the federal deficit.

Tags: GAO , Treasury Department , financial reporting , budget deficit , budget , Congress

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DoD's accounting and finance policy

Donjette Gilmore, director of Accounting and Finance Policy at the Under Secretary of Defense, joins host Derrick Dortch to talk about the inner financial workings at DoD.
May 18, 2012

Tags: workforce , Donjette Gilmore , DoD , Under Secretary of Defense , financial planning , Derrick Dortch , Fed Access

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Dodaro's to-do list starts with new audit standards

There's no such thing as a summer slowdown at the Government Accountability Office. The congressional watchdog agency is in the middle of revamping guidelines on government auditing, while also helping implement health reform, and mapping out priorities for the next five years through its strategic plan.

Tags: management , AICPA , Gene Dodaro , GAO , TARP , health care reform law , yellow book , Max Cacas

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