4.3.3: Knowledge, Expertise, and Partnerships

Enhance information sharing and collaborate with accountability organizations, advisory groups, sister agencies, and professional organizations to promote expanded audit and legal knowledge, expertise, and partnerships

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Key Efforts: Participate in domestic and international forums, task forces, and work groups to expand knowledge of audit approaches, legal issues, and emerging issues. Explore potential partnerships and collaborations with additional organizations in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, including such entities as academic institutions, research centers, and foundations to leverage GAO’s knowledge base. Enhance and strengthen networking activities of our senior executives to broaden their professional networks within their respective disciplines and to expand GAO’s reach. Enhance communication and coordination with stakeholders, such as inspectors general, to minimize duplication of effort and ensure effective and efficient use of resources. Promote dialogue and action through leadership on critical international accountability issues, such as the global financial crisis. Expand use of Comptroller General Forums and Roundtables to inform GAO’s strategic planning process and promote a continuous learning environment. Enhance education and outreach on procurement and appropriations law to promote a common understanding of and compliance with legal requirements.

Stakeholder(s):

• Accountability Organizations


• Advisory Groups


• Sister Agencies


• Professional Organizations

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