Download or read book Fiscal Year 2007 U. S. Government Financial Statements: Sustained Improvement in Financial Management Is Crucial to Improving Accountability and Addressing the Long-Term Fiscal Challenge written by Gene L. Dodaro and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congress and the Pres. need to have reliable, useful and timely financial and performance info. to make sound decisions on the current and future direction of fed. gov¿t. programs and policies. Auditing agencies have been unable to provide assurance on the reliability of the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. gov¿t. due to certain material weaknesses in the fed. gov¿ts. internal control. Unless these weaknesses are addressed, they will: (1) hamper the fed. gov¿ts. ability to reliably report a significant portion of its assets, liabilities, costs, and other related info.; and (2) affect the fed. gov¿ts. ability to reliably measure the full cost as well as the financial and non-financial performance of certain programs and activities. Charts.