Description
This course offers an overview of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and how it fulfills its statutory responsibility in being Congress’s watchdog in the control and oversight of the use of public funds, in an efficient and effective manner. It covers the Office of the General Counsel’s (OGC) responsibilities for appropriations law and resolving bid protests relating to government procurement. Also covered are three GAO mission teams: one with investigative powers to identify fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement; and one that reports on agency efforts to reduce improper payments. The third mission area reports on agency efforts to identify and reduce inefficiencies created by fragmentation, overlap and duplication of government programs. The course concludes with a discussion on how OGC connects with the mission teams to provide information in shaping government policy and legislation, corrects fiscal misuse, and modernizes agency practices.
Learning Objectives
- Recall the basic organization structure of the GAO
- Know the three pillars of federal appropriations law
- Describe the bid protest process of the GAO
- Describe how GAO identifies fraud, waste, and abuse
- Explain GAO’s role in reporting efforts to reduce improper payments and identifying programs that are inefficient
- Understand the connections between the Office of the General Counsel and three of GAO’s mission teams
CPE Details
Prerequisites: none
Program level: basic
Advance preparation: none
Delivery method: QAS Self Study
Field of study: Business Law (3 CPEs) and Business Management and Organization (3 CPEs)
AGA is registered is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website at www.nasbaregistry.org. National Registry of CPE Sponsor ID: 104201.
Course Access
Viewing this course requires online access, and videos may not be downloaded. Access to this course will expire 90 days from the date of purchase or if the final assessment is taken three times.
