RELATED August 16, 2023 Presidential Transitions are a Perilous Moment for National Security May 31, 2023 The State of Public Trust in Government 2023 May 17, 2023 The Good Government Connection: Linking the Employee and Customer Experiences Back to Reports GAO: Great Recruiting is Not Enough February 10, 2005 The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) has set out to become one of the world’s premiere professional services firms. In order to succeed, the agency must recruit and retain world-class talent-experts in the defense, economic, scientific, financial and social programs the federal government administers. This challenge is especially difficult in light of GAO’s stereotypical image as a legion of accountants with green eyeshades straight out of central casting. GAO’s leadership team accepted the challenge and launched a recruiting initiative that produced results and a model for the rest of the federal government. Download (125k)