• GAO's Role in Helping to Ensure Accountability and Transparency (Abstract)
• GAO's Role in Helping to Ensure Accountability and Transparency (Statement of Gene L. Dorado, Acting Comptroller General of the United States)--dated March 5, 2009
• GAO Questions to State CPOs in preparation for 16-state ARRA audit
  • Ohio Summary of GAO Questions (budget vs. procurement questions)
• GAO Issues Press Release:  GAO Seeks the Public's Help in Fighting Waste, Fraud, Abuse or Mismanagement of Recovery Act Funds (March 30, 2009)
• Following the Money: GAO's Oversight of the Recovery Act
  • The table below lists the states that have been targeted for bimonthly reviews of Recovery Act spending and implementation:

    Arizona	Mississippi
    California	New Jersey
    Colorado	New York
    Florida	North Carolina
    Georgia	Ohio
    Illinois	Pennsylvania
    Iowa	Texas
    Massachusetts	Washington, DC
    Michigan

• GAO-09-580 Report: Recovery Act: As Initial Implementation Unfolds in States and Localities, Continued Attention to Accountability Issues Is Essential
  • Written Report, dated April 23, 2009
  • Testimony:  Follow the Money: State and Local Oversight of Stimulus Funding, April 23, 2009 before U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs--Written Testimonies and Video of Testimony
• GAO-09-829:  Second Report to Congress on Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses, July 8, 2009.
• Letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell:  Recovery Act: Contract Oversight Activities of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and Observations on Contract Spending in Selected States, November 30, 2009

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