Gene Dodaro became the eighth Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office on Dec. 22, 2010, when he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate. He was nominated by President Obama in September 2010 and had been serving as acting comptroller general since March 2008.

As comptroller general, Dodaro helps oversee the development and issuance of hundreds of reports and testimonies each year to various committees and individual Members of Congress. These and other GAO products have led to hearings and legislation, billions of dollars in taxpayer savings, and improvements to a wide range of government programs and services.

In a GAO career dating back more than 30 years, Dodaro has held a number of key executive posts. For nine years, Dodaro served as the chief operating officer, assisting the Comptroller General in providing direction and vision for GAO's diverse, multidisciplinary workforce. 

Until 1999, Dodaro headed GAO's Accounting and Information Management Division, the agency's largest unit, which specialized in financial management, computer technology, and budget issues. While there, he directed the first-ever audit of the comprehensive financial statements covering all federal departments and agencies. Dodaro also helped conceive GAO's strategy for strengthening computer security governmentwide and led the updating of standards for internal controls in the federal government.