The Comptroller General of the United States is in Athens: Gene Dodaro, who played a key role in setting White House policy on COVID relief funding, speaks today at UGA, delivering the University’s Ethics Week lecture. It is an address that is set for 10:30 this morning in the Chapel on North Campus.
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In observance of Ethics Awareness Week, Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), will deliver the Ethics Week Lecture.
Dodaro became the eighth Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in 2010, when he was confirmed by the United States Senate. He was nominated by President Obama from a list of candidates selected by a bipartisan, bicameral congressional commission. He had been serving as Acting Comptroller General since 2008. Dodaro has testified before Congress dozens of times on important national issues, including the nation’s long term fiscal outlook, efforts to reduce and eliminate overlap and duplication across the federal government and GAO’s “High Risk List” that focuses on specific challenges—from reducing improper payments under Medicare and Medicaid to improving the Pentagon’s business practices. In addition, Dodaro continues to develop GAO’s efforts to meet the needs of Congress in such areas as science, technology and cybersecurity. As Comptroller General, Dodaro helps oversee the development and issuance of hundreds of reports and testimonies each year to various committees and individual Members of Congress.
The Ethics Week Lecture is part of the UGA Signature Lectures Series, which features speakers noted for their broad, multidisciplinary appeal and compelling bodies of work.