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Government Accountability Office

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002333

An independent, non-partisan agency that works for the U.S. Congress, investigating how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. It conducts audits, evaluations, and investigations, providing Congress and federal agencies with objective information and recommendations to improve government performance and accountability. The head of the GAO is the Comptroller General of the United States.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002333
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/government-accountability-office/"
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