Dodaro Tapped for Comptroller General

President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability Office.

Dodaro has served as Acting Comptroller General of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) since March of 2008. Before his tenure as Acting Comptroller General, Dodaro served as GAO's Chief Operating Officer, and, before that, as Assistant Comptroller General for GAO's largest unit, the Accounting and Information Management Division. A 37-year veteran of GAO who rose through the agency ranks, Dodaro is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, a member of the Association of Government Accountants, and has received recognition from numerous organizations including the National Public Service Award, the Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership and the Arthur S. Fleming Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in the Federal Government. Dodaro graduated from Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.