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Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices Today

GAO-08-151CG Published: Oct 01, 2007. Publicly Released: Oct 01, 2007.
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This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, on October 1, 2007. Major topics of this presentation include: federal spending, the growing fiscal burden, fiscal challenges facing state and local governments, improvements to financial reporting, and public education.

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Auditing and Financial Management
Balanced budgetsBudget administrationBudget deficitDeficit reductionEconomic analysisEconomic growthEconomic policiesFederal agenciesFinancial analysisFinancial managementFiscal policiesIntergovernmental fiscal relationsLocal governmentsPerformance measuresState governments