Jeff Steinhoff is the Executive Director of the KPMG Government Institute and a Managing Director in KPMG’s Federal Advisory Services Practice. He also serves as the KPMG Executive Fellow to the Federal CFO Academy. He is a past National President of the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) and is an elected a Fellow of the prestigious National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). A charter member of the the Department of Defense Audit Advisory Committee, he is also a past member of the NASA Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee and a member of the NAPA Audit Committee In 2008, Jeff retired from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) after a 40-year federal career, 21 years of which were served in the Senior Executive Service.
For the last almost 9 years of his federal career, he served as Assistant Comptroller General of the United States for Accounting and Information Management and Managing Director for Financial Management and Assurance. He headed GAO’s largest audit unit, with responsibility for oversight of financial management and auditing issues across the federal government. He had the lead for the development of Government Audit Standards and the Comptroller General's Internal Control Standards. He served on the staff of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee and was a principal architect of the CFO Act of 1990. He was involved with government-wide implementation of the CFO Act and a wide range of other financial management improvement legislation for which he was also a principal architect.
The recipient of 41 professional awards, in 2006, Mr. Steinhoff was named the Outstanding CPA in the federal government by the AICPA. A three-time recipient of the Comptroller General's Distinguished Service Award, he received the Comptroller General’s Award, GAO’s highest honor in 2007. In 2000, he was one of only 26 individuals recognized by AGA for significant contributions toward advancing government accountability in federal, state, and local government over the previous 50 years.
Jeff is a widely recognized national spokesperson on government auditing, internal controls, financial management, and information management issues, having spoken at hundreds of professional conferences and events across the nation. He has testified extensively before the U.S. Congress on a wide range of financial management issues and legislation. He has published numerous professional journal articles, essays, research reports, and white papers, is one of the authors of the May 2012 book, Governing to Win: Enhancing National Competitiveness Through New Policy and Operating Approaches.