A Conversation with U.S. Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro

Donald E. Tidrick, PhD, CPA, CMA, CIA

Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), serves as the chief auditor for the federal government. The Senate confirmed Dodaro for that position in 2010, following his nomination by President Obama from a list of candidates selected by a 10-member, bipartisan, bicameral congressional commission. He is the eighth individual to hold the title of Comptroller General and the first to have been chosen from within the GAO's own ranks. A career civil servant, Dodaro joined the GAO as an entry-level auditor in 1973 after graduating from Lycoming College. He is six years into his 15-year term.This interview took place in October 2016 during Dodaro's visit to Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill., to address the NIU accountancy students, faculty, and guests.