GAO Chief David Walker has sent Congressional leaders a list of what he thinks ought to be the oversight and investigatory priorities for the 110th Congress, in addition to suggestions for budget process reforms he recently issued. The list covers 36 topics, including:

• Addressing contracting problems
• Overhauling the Department of Defense's wasteful business practices
• Modernizing federal employee compensations systems

Nobody's going to agree with everything Walker recommends, but the list is still a good place for the next Congress to get started on constructive oversight. The last thing Congress should want is to do oversight that looks like it's motivated by a desire for revenge or to embarrass the President. Acting on the non-partisan GAO's advice might give Congress the cover it probably needs to conduct good oversight- which, as Walker's expansive list shows, Congress needs to get working on soon. And for a quick summary of the list, see this article in the Washington Post.