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US COMPTROLLER GENERAL DAVID WALKER

United States Comptroller General David Walker speaks about the growing fiscal imbalance in America, at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 2006 National Governmental Accounting and Auditing Update Conference, in Washington on August 21, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)


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WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Officials say a "demographic tsunami" is preparing to descend on the United States as baby boomers head into their 60s.
WASHINGTON, April 7 (UPI) -- A Democratic U.S. congressman has asked a federal agency to determine how much President Bush's two-month push for Social Security reform will cost.
WASHINGTON, March 17 (UPI) -- With healthcare costs increasing and an aging population drawing on healthcare services, Medicare will soon dwarf Social Security as a U.S. funding problem.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- GAO chief David Walker warned Tuesday the U.S. economy and national security prospects are grim unless the course on spending and tax policy is changed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The Defense Department is the most-mentioned agency in a study of the government's high-risk areas released Tuesday by Congress's watchdog group.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Experts say Medicare, the government provider of health insurance for 41 million elderly and disabled U.S. citizens, is nearing a crisis.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Comptroller General David Walker warns a restructuring of Social Security is needed to deal with the increasing federal budget deficit.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Federal spending in the United States now accounts for nearly 20 percent of the U.S. economy's annual output, and it's got a lot higher to go.
WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Wednesday requested the Government Accountability Office examine the Agriculture Department's mad cow disease strategy.
Medicaid's fiscal management has been criticized by analysts and government investigators alike, stirring political debate over how it is funded, but a new report targets fixes that could keep the state-federal partnership structure of the entitlement pro
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