United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-04-19 monographic deposited born digital 32 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-476T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-476T P0b002ee180389d45 f:d05476t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-476T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-476T GAO-05-476T Agency missions Budget activities Budget administration Budget authority Cost control Federal agency reorganization Future budget projections Human capital Labor force Performance measures Staff utilization Strategic planning Budget requests Testimony A21937 This testimony is in support of the fiscal year 2006 budget request for the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). This request is necessary to help us continue to support the Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and ensure the accountability of the federal government for the benefit of the American people. We are grateful to the Congress for providing us with the support and resources that have helped us in our quest to be a world-class professional services organization. We believe that investing in GAO produces a sound return and results in substantial benefits to the Congress and the American people. In the years ahead, our support to the Congress will likely prove even more critical because of the pressures created by our nation's current and projected budget deficit and long-term fiscal imbalance. These fiscal pressures will require the Congress to make tough choices regarding what the government should do, how it will do its work, who will help carry out its work in the future, and how government will be financed in the future. We summarized the larger challenges facing the federal government in our recently issued 21st Century Challenges report. In this report, we emphasize the critical need to bring the federal government's programs and policies into line with 21st century realities. Continuing on our current unsustainable fiscal path will gradually erode, if not suddenly damage, our economy, our standard of living, and ultimately our national security. We, therefore, must fundamentally reexamine major spending and tax policies and priorities in an effort to recapture our fiscal flexibility and ensure that our programs and priorities respond to emerging security, social, economic, and environmental changes and challenges in the years ahead. This testimony focuses on GAO's (1) performance and results with the funding Congress provided in fiscal year 2004, (2) streamlining and management improvement efforts under way, and (3) budget request for fiscal year 2006 to support the Congress and serve the American people. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-476T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-476T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-476T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-476T.pdf GAO-05-476T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-476T Testimony GAO-05-476T; Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office; Agency missions Budget activities Budget administration Budget authority Cost control Federal agency reorganization Future budget projections Human capital Labor force Performance measures Staff utilization Strategic planning Budget requests Public Law 108-136 Public Law 108-173 Public Law 108-199 H. Rept. 108-577