Government Accountability Office

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independent agency of the United States federal government supreme audit institution

The Government Accountability Office is an independent, nonpartisan U.S. federal agency that audits, evaluates, and investigates government programs and spending to support congressional oversight.

Aliases (5)

U.S. Government Accountability Office ×3
General Accounting Office ×2
Chapter 7 – Government Accountability Office ×1
GAO ×1
United States Government Accountability Office ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	independent agency of the United States federal government → supreme audit institution →
abbreviation	GAO →
alsoKnownAs	U.S. Government Accountability Office →
appointedBy	President of the United States →
characteristic	independent of the executive branch → legislative branch agency → nonpartisan →
chiefExecutiveTermLength	15 years →
country	United States →
employerOf	analysts → attorneys → auditors → information technology specialists →
establishedBy	Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 →
formerName	General Accounting Office →
hasChiefExecutive	Comptroller General of the United States →
hasJurisdiction	federal government agencies of the United States →
headquartersBuilding	GAO Building →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
inception	1921 →
legalMandate	support congressional oversight of the federal government →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia → United States Capitol Complex →
nameChangeDate	July 7, 2004 →
oversightArea	defense and national security programs → education and workforce programs → environmental and energy programs → federal budget and spending → health care programs → information technology and cybersecurity in government → international affairs and foreign assistance programs → tax policy and administration → transportation and infrastructure programs →
parentOrganization	United States Congress →
primaryFunction	adjudicate bid protests for federal contracts → analyze policy and programmatic issues for Congress → audit federal government programs → evaluate federal government programs → investigate federal government spending → issue legal decisions and opinions to Congress and federal agencies → provide recommendations to improve government efficiency → review the use of public funds →
publishes	Comptroller General decisions → GAO reports → legal decisions → testimonies to Congress →
reportsTo	United States Congress →
website	https://www.gao.gov →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Government Accountability Office ("GAO") →	abbreviation
Government Accountability Office ("U.S. Government Accountability Office") →	alsoKnownAs
Deposit Insurance Fund ("U.S. Government Accountability Office") →	auditedBy
Title 31 of the United States Code ("Chapter 7 – Government Accountability Office") →	contains
Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 ("General Accounting Office") →	createdAgency
Subtitle III – Financial Management →	enforcedBy
Government Accountability Office ("General Accounting Office") →	formerName
Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 →	generalAccountingOfficeLaterBecame
Comptroller General of the United States ("United States Government Accountability Office") →	headOf
Emoluments Clause ("U.S. Government Accountability Office") →	interpretedBy
Overseas Contingency Operations →	monitoredBy
Troubled Asset Relief Program →	oversightBody
Office of Financial Stability (historical) →	oversightBy
Board of Directors of the FDIC →	subjectToOversightBy
United States Congress →	supportedBy