I’m a fan of the Government Accountability Office. As much of a geek as this makes me, I admit that it’s true.  In fact, I link to the GAO on this blog so you can have easy access to their awesome reports.  But word to the wise: don’t forget the caffeine.  If you’re at all inclined to be a liberal, the GAO should be one of your favorite federal agencies.  One thing that can sink liberals and may be a huge temptation for our new liberal government is lack of oversight on government programs, and thereby, wasteful spending.  Sure, conservatives have proven that they are wasteful spenders because of Bush, but the stereotype is more entrenched in the public for liberals and thus we have to be even more vigilant.

So you can imagine my happiness to see that the President-elect is taking the importance of government oversight seriously with the appointment yesterday of his Chief Performance Officer (don’t ya love that title?).  From what I can gather about her, Nancy Killefer is a smart, tough cookie with a good combination of government service and experience in the more nimble world of business and management consulting (McKinsey). Good move, Mr. President-elect. Now can we change the GAO’s name to the Government Performance Office, please?