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U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING OFFICE

I am Gaston Gianni and I had the privilege and honor of being a Federal

public servant for 40 years. The first 32 years were with the Government
Accountability Office (GAO), where I served in a variety of audit/evaluation
positions looking at how government programs operated in 10 different

Federal agencies and departments and reporting these results to House and
Senate congressional committees.

I entered GAO's Senior Executive Service in 1992 and was responsible for

GAO’s oversight of the Resolution Trust Corporation. We issued a number of
oversight reports and provided a number of testimonies to the Congress.

In 1995, President Clinton nominated me to serve as the first presidentially
appointed Inspector General at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC). I was confirmed by the United States Senate in April 1996, and
served as FDIC’s Inspector General for eight years--four years in the Clinton

Administration and four years in the Bush Administration. I headed an
independent organization responsible for the audit, evaluation, and
investigation of all FDIC programs and operations. I led and coordinated the

Office of Inspector General's efforts, which resulted in over 700 reports with
recommended actions to promote economy, efficiency and effectiveness in
corporate programs and operations. In addition, my office’s investigative work
resulted in over 200 convictions and $1.6 billion in fines, restitutions and

monetary recoveries. Finally, I led a culture transformation within the office,
which resulted in more efficient and effective internal operations and a
positive working relationship with the Corporation and the Congress.

As a presidentially appointed Inspector General, I was a member of the
President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency. I served as Vice Chair of the

Council from May 1999 until my retirement from federal service in December
2004.

From November 1997 to May 1999, I served as chair of the Council’s Audit

Committee. In December 1998, I was appointed to the Comptroller General’s
Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards (Yellow Book) for a
three-year term. In February 2003, I was awarded the Association of
Government Accountants’ Distinguished Federal Leadership Award and upon

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