Posted on 01/27/2002 11:08:39 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
Biography of David Walker, chief of the GAO:
David M. Walker became the seventh Comptroller General of the United States and began his 15-year term when he took his oath of office on November 9, 1998. As Comptroller General, Mr. Walker is the nation's chief accountability officer and the head of the General Accounting Office (GAO), a legislative branch agency founded in 1921. The GAO helps the Congress maximize the performance and assure the accountability of the federal government for the benefit of the American people.
Immediately prior to his appointment as Comptroller General, Mr. Walker was a partner and global managing director of Arthur Andersen LLP's human capital services practice and a member of the board of Arthur Andersen Financial Advisors, a registered investment advisor. He also served as a Public Trustee for Social Security and Medicare from 1990 to 1995 while he was a partner with Arthur Andersen. Prior to joining Arthur Andersen, Mr. Walker was Assistant Secretary of Labor for Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs and Acting Executive Director for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. His earlier technical, professional and business experience was gained with Price Waterhouse, Coopers & Lybrand, and Source Services Corporation.
Mr. Walker is a certified public accountant. He has a BS in accounting from Jacksonville University and a Senior Management in Government (SMG) Certificate in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Your words are my command!!!!! Just sent to all of FoxNews people PLUS Rush.
1998.... and who was president than.
He's a Clinton slime.
. . .and a former Price Waterhouse. . .and Coopers Lybrand. . .and a government lackey as well. . .
Sounds like he was well qualified for the job.
"Talk about your job security," observes National Press Club President Richard Ryan, introducing the nation's comptroller general, David Walker, to reporters this week.While administrations and members of Congress come and go, says the scribe's president, Walker -- and the six comptroller generals that came before him -- is granted a rare luxury of 15 years to perform his job, the longest term available in federal government.
Walker was appointed in 1998 by President Clinton, which means he doesn't have to start looking for another job until 2013. "
source URL:http://www.townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/jm20010427.shtml
U.S. Comptroller General David M. Walker, head of the General Accounting Office, Congress's investigative arm, said the White House "may be reconsidering" its nine-month opposition to releasing records of the task force headed by Vice President Cheney that drafted the administration's energy policy. Lawmakers are seeking to learn what influence companies such as Enron Corp., which had six meetings with the task force, had on the proposals.
If the White House does not reverse course next week, "it looks as if we'll be heading to court," Walker said. "Unless we get the information or we're in the middle of intense negotiations, I'm not going to sit on this much longer."
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