Comptroller General of the United States

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federal government office public office

The Comptroller General of the United States is the head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the nation’s chief audit and evaluation officer, responsible for overseeing federal government spending and performance.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Assistant Comptroller General of the United States 1
Comptroller General 1
Comptroller General of the United States (certain campaign finance functions) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal government office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
chiefFunction head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office ⓘ
nation’s chief audit officer ⓘ
nation’s chief evaluation officer ⓘ
overseeing federal government performance ⓘ
overseeing federal government spending ⓘ
confirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentHolder Gene L. Dodaro ⓘ
currentHolderStartYear 2010 ⓘ
employer United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
firstHolder J. R. McCarl ⓘ
surface form: John R. McCarl
firstHolderStartYear 1921 ⓘ
headOf Government Accountability Office ⓘ
surface form: United States Government Accountability Office
independenceFrom executive branch of the United States ⓘ
judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 ⓘ
locatedIn GAO Building ⓘ
surface form: United States Government Accountability Office headquarters
officeCreated 1921 ⓘ
oversees federal government agencies ⓘ
federal government financial audits ⓘ
federal government performance audits ⓘ
federal government program evaluations ⓘ
federal government programs ⓘ
federal government spending ⓘ
partOf legislative branch support agencies ⓘ
reportsTo United States Congress ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
responsibleFor ensuring accountability in federal government operations ⓘ
evaluating the effectiveness of federal programs ⓘ
issuing audit reports to Congress ⓘ
making recommendations to improve government efficiency ⓘ
making recommendations to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse ⓘ
providing nonpartisan information to Congress ⓘ
reviewing the use of public funds ⓘ
seat Washington, D.C. ⓘ
shortName Comptroller General of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Comptroller General

Comptroller General of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Comptroller General
style The Honorable ⓘ
termLength 15 years ⓘ
termRenewable no ⓘ
titleHolderType individual person ⓘ
worksWith United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
congressional committees ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 → createdOffice → Comptroller General of the United States ⓘ
Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 → createdOffice → Comptroller General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assistant Comptroller General of the United States
Government Accountability Office → hasChiefExecutive → Comptroller General of the United States ⓘ
J. R. McCarl → positionHeld → Comptroller General of the United States ⓘ
Federal Election Commission → predecessor → Comptroller General of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comptroller General of the United States (certain campaign finance functions)
Comptroller of the Treasury → replacedBy → Comptroller General of the United States ⓘ
Comptroller General of the United States → shortName → Comptroller General of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comptroller General
Comptroller General of the United States → shortName → Comptroller General of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Comptroller General