David Walker, the head of the Government Accountability Office, is stepping down this week.  Under Walker, the GAO has released authoritative reports on Iraq reconstruction, FEMА, the FDA, Homeland Security, and many more agencies.  Walker, the subject of a profile by Stephen Barr in the Washington Post, has made the GAO one of the most popular places to work in Washington.  Charles Peters points out in a recent issue of the Washington Monthly that with less than a year to go in the Bush Administration, Congress shouldn’t hurry to replace him.  He says:  "Do not — I repeat, do not — confirm a Bush appointee to replace David Walker . . . the GAO plays a crucial role as a watchdog for government agencies [and the head of GAO] has an unusual tenure of fifteen years."

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