Comments on: GAO Oversight Office at NSA Lies Dormant http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/03/gao_oversight_office_at_nsa_li.html Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:03:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Steven Aftergood http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/03/gao_oversight_office_at_nsa_li.html/comment-page-1#comment-1114 Steven Aftergood Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:28:04 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/03/gao_oversight_office_at_nsa_li.html#comment-1114 <p>The appointment of a Comptroller General (the head of the GAO) is a somewhat complicated process that begins with the establishment of a congressional commission to propose nominees and recommend them to the President.</p> <p>According to <a href="http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30349.pdf" rel="nofollow">a CRS report on the subject</a> (pdf), “The commission must recommend at least three individuals but the President may ask for additional names for consideration (or nominate someone else).”</p> <p>Mr. Walker departs in the middle of March. There is no sign yet of the congressional commission needed to nominate (or at least propose) his successor. In the past, the Comptroller General position has been vacant for as long as two years. So the next director may or may not be appointed by President Bush.</p> The appointment of a Comptroller General (the head of the GAO) is a somewhat complicated process that begins with the establishment of a congressional commission to propose nominees and recommend them to the President.

According to a CRS report on the subject (pdf), “The commission must recommend at least three individuals but the President may ask for additional names for consideration (or nominate someone else).”

Mr. Walker departs in the middle of March. There is no sign yet of the congressional commission needed to nominate (or at least propose) his successor. In the past, the Comptroller General position has been vacant for as long as two years. So the next director may or may not be appointed by President Bush.

]]> By: jhm http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/03/gao_oversight_office_at_nsa_li.html/comment-page-1#comment-1111 jhm Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:01:55 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/03/gao_oversight_office_at_nsa_li.html#comment-1111 Mr. Walker is "outgoing?" Does this mean that we might be stuck with a GAO director appointed by President* Bush? Mr. Walker is “outgoing?” Does this mean that we might be stuck with a GAO director appointed by President* Bush?

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