Gene Dodaro | |
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| 8thComptroller General of the United States | |
| Assumed office March 13, 2008 Acting: March 13, 2008 – December 22, 2010 | |
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| Preceded by | David M. Walker |
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| Born | (1951-05-07)May 7, 1951 (age 74) |
| Spouse | Joan McCabe |
| Education | Lycoming College (BA) |
Eugene Louis Dodaro (born May 7, 1951) is thecomptroller general of the United States and head of the U.S.Government Accountability Office (GAO). From October 1, 2000, until March 12, 2008, he was thechief operating officer (COO) of the GAO and he held the equivalent second-in-command title before the late 2000 restructuring of the GAO, principal assistant comptroller general, a title he had held since May 1999. This change of titles is a result of the organization-wide restructuring rather than a promotion or other event in his career; from May 1999 through to March 12, 2008, Dodaro retained the position of second in command of the GAO.
Dodaro is the son of Jim and Betty Dodaro and grew up in theMonessen—Belle Vernon region ofPennsylvania, attendingBelle Vernon Area High School, where he playedbasketball.[1]
Dodaro attendedLycoming College inWilliamsport, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1973[2] receiving aBachelor of Arts degree[3] in accounting.[4]
Dodaro joined the GAO in 1973.[4] His first executive posting was as an associate director for management issues in the General Government Division.[3] In 1993, he was named assistant comptroller general for accounting and information management.[5] In 1999 he became the GAO's second in command.[5]
On February 15, 2008, when the seventhcomptroller general of the United States,David M. Walker, announced that he was departing from his office before the end of his 15-year term to work for thePeter G. Peterson Foundation, he appointed Dodaro to replace him. On March 13, 2008, Dodaro became the acting comptroller general[6] and was eventually nominated by President Obama to fill the role permanently.[7] He was confirmed by theU.S. Senate for a term of fifteen years on December 22, 2010.[8] He was sworn in eight days later.[9]
In 1981 Dodaro received the GAO's Meritorious Service Award.[3] In 1989 he received theArthur S. Flemming Award for outstanding individual performance in government.[4] In 2001 he became a Fellow of theNational Academy of Public Administration and in 2003 was awarded the prestigious National Public Service Award conferred by that organization.[10] In 2009 he received theRoger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership.[11]
Dodaro and his wife, Joan (née McCabe), have three children. They live inAlexandria, Virginia.[12]
Dodaro took the oath of office today at GAO's headquarters in Washington, D.C. and was sworn in by Patrina Clark, Chief Human Capital Officer for GAO.
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