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3 unusual facts about Comptroller General of the United States


Comptroller General of the United States

The current Comptroller General is Eugene Louis Dodaro, who became Comptroller General on December 22, 2010.

K. Fred Skousen

Skousen has been a consultant to the Financial Executive Research Foundation, the Comptroller General of the United States, the Federal Trade Commission and several large companies.

William E. Reynolds

Reynolds lost his bid for higher pay because the Comptroller General ruled he was paid retirement pay as a rear admiral, and not as a former commandant.


Mike Synar

In the 1986 Supreme Court decision Bowsher v. Synar, the Court struck down the law stating, in part, that the provision granting executive power to Comptroller General Charles Arthur Bowsher, a legislative branch officer, did "violate the Constitution's command that Congress play no direct role in the execution of the laws."


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