Paul Posner

Paul L. Posner is former Managing Director for Federal Budget Issues of the U.S. General Accounting Office. He led GAO's studies on such issues as the long-term outlook for the federal budget, financing of entitlements, performance budgeting and intergovernmental fiscal relationships. He also coordinated strategic planning for GAO's work on domestic policy and programs. Currently, he serves as MPA Director of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University.

He periodically testifies before congressional committees on these issues. In August 2002 he presented testimony on homeland security, entitled "Intergovernmental Coordination Is Key to Success," before the House Government Reform Committee's Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations.

Dr. Posner has published articles on public budgeting and federalism issues in various academic journals and books and is the author of The Politics of Unfunded Federal Mandates, published by Georgetown University Press in 1998. He received his PhD in Political Science from Columbia University and was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration in 1996.

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