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 2007-03-16 monographic deposited born digital 25 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-547T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-547T P0b002ee1803a5d6e f:d07547t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-547T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-547T GAO-07-547T Agency missions Budget activities Budget administration Budget authority Future budget projections Human capital Human capital planning Past fiscal year Performance measures Personnel management Staff utilization Strategic planning Internal controls Budget requests Testimony A66925 We would like to thank Congress for its past support of GAO. We are especially appreciative of Congressional efforts to help us avoid a furlough of our staff during fiscal year 2007. Had we not received additional funds this year and not taken other cost minimization actions, GAO would have likely been forced to furlough most staff for up to 5 days without pay. At the same time, due to funding shortfalls, we were not able to make pay adjustments retroactive to January 7, 2007. It is through the efforts of our dedicated and capable staff that we were able to provide the Congress with the professional, objective, fact-based, nonpartisan, non-ideological, fair, and balanced information it needs to meet the full range of its constitutional responsibilities. We are extremely pleased and proud to say that we helped the federal government achieve a total of $51 billion in financial benefits in fiscal year 2006--a record high that represents a return on investment of $105 for every dollar the Congress invested in us. As a result of our work, we also documented 1,342 nonfinancial benefits that helped to improve service to the public, change laws, and transform government operations. The funding we received in fiscal year 2006 allowed us to conduct work that addressed many difficult issues confronting the nation, including U.S. border security, Iraq and Hurricane Katrina activities, the tax gap and tax reform, and issues affecting the health and pay of military service members. Our client-focused performance measures indicate that the Congress valued and was very pleased with our work overall. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-547T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-547T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-547T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-547T.pdf GAO-07-547T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-547T Testimony GAO-07-547T; Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office; Agency missions Budget activities Budget administration Budget authority Future budget projections Human capital Human capital planning Past fiscal year Performance measures Personnel management Staff utilization Strategic planning Internal controls Budget requests Public Law 109-171 Public Law 109-239