Meeting the Challenges Facing the Accountability Profession: AGA's 53rd Annual Professional Development Conference

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Table of contents

• Meeting the Challenges Facing the Accountability Profession
• GAO's Strategic Plan
• Selected Key Concepts for GAO
• Four Key Institutional Success Elements
• GAO'sHigh Risk List
• The Case for Change
• Composition of Federal Spending
• Federal Spending for Mandatory and Discretionary Programs
• Selected Fiscal Exposures:Sources and Examples
• Another Way to Think About These Numbers
• Composition of Spending as a Share of GDP Under Baseline Extended
• Composition of Spending as a Share of GDP Assuming Discretionary Spending Grows with GDP after 2004
• Composition of Spending as a Share of GDP Assuming All Expiring Tax Provisions are Extended
• Composition of Spending as a Share of GDP Assuming Discretionary Spending Grows with GDP After 2004 and All Expiring Tax Provisions Are Extended
• Current Fiscal Policy Is Unsustainable
• The Way Forward
• We Need a 3-Pronged Approach
• Illustrative Generic Re-examination Questions
• Illustrative Generic Re-examination Questions
• Illustrative Generic Re-examination Questions (cont.)
• Selected 21st Century Questions
• Accountability Environment
• Current Reforms
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act Provisions with Implications for Government
• Excerpts From the 103rd American Assembly Report: The Future of the Accounting Profession
• Rebuilding Public Trust
• The Future Accounting/Reporting and Audit Reporting Model
• The Future Accounting/Reporting and Audit Reporting Model (cont.)
• U.S. Auditing Standards Coordinating Forum
• Selected Government Accountability Issues
• The Federal Financial Audit Environment
• Major Impediments to an Opinion on CFS
• Planning for Future CFS Audits
• Key Concepts in the Accountability Profession
• Three Key Personal Attributes Needed for These Challenging and Changing Times
• Close