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.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Government Accountability Office canonical	23
U.S. Government Accountability Office	12
General Accounting Office	4
United States Government Accountability Office	3
GAO	2
Chapter 7 – Government Accountability Office	1
office of the Comptroller General of the United States	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	independent agency of the United States federal government ⓘ supreme audit institution ⓘ
abbreviation	Government Accountability Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GAO
alsoKnownAs	Government Accountability Office ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employerOf	analysts ⓘ attorneys ⓘ auditors ⓘ information technology specialists ⓘ
establishedBy	Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 ⓘ
formerName	Government Accountability Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 (46)

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

United States Congress → supportedBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Government Accountability Office → abbreviation → Government Accountability Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: GAO

Government Accountability Office → formerName → Government Accountability Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Accounting Office

Government Accountability Office → alsoKnownAs → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Government Accountability Office

Title 31 of the United States Code → contains → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chapter 7 – Government Accountability Office

Overseas Contingency Operations → monitoredBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Office of Financial Stability (historical) → oversightBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 → createdAgency → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Accounting Office

Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 → generalAccountingOfficeLaterBecame → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Board of Directors of the FDIC → subjectToOversightBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Deposit Insurance Fund → auditedBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Government Accountability Office

Emoluments Clause → interpretedBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Government Accountability Office

Comptroller General of the United States → headOf → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Government Accountability Office

Troubled Asset Relief Program → oversightBody → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Subtitle III – Financial Management → enforcedBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Subtitle V – General Assistance Administration → overseenBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Chapter 13 – Appropriations → enforcedBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Government Accountability Office

GAO Building → occupant → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Government Accountability Office

GAO Building → occupant → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: GAO

GAO Building → maintainedBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Government Accountability Office

GAO Building → namedAfter → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Government Accountability Office

Highway Account → monitoredBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Mass Transit Account → monitoredBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Federal Reserve emergency lending programs → oversight → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Health Center Program → monitoredBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

KC-X program → oversightBody → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Government Accountability Office

Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act → monitoredBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Black Lung Disability Trust Fund → monitoredBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Government Accountability Office

Public Law 67-13 → created → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Accounting Office

Public Law 67-13 → created → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: office of the Comptroller General of the United States

Public Law 67-13 → assignedTo → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Accounting Office

Public Law 67-13 → relatedTo → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 → expandsRoleOf → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 → hasEffectOn → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 → implementedBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Judiciary Square station → nearby → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Office of Audit → collaboratesWith → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Superfund program → monitoredBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Government Accountability Office

Gene L. Dodaro → employer → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Government Accountability Office

Gene L. Dodaro → leads → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Government Accountability Office

Gene L. Dodaro → oversightAuthorityFor → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Government Accountability Office

United States federal programs → monitoredBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Office of the Chief Financial Officer (DOE) → collaboratesWith → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

Washington, D.C. (headquarters of GSA) → hasHeadquarters → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington, D.C.

Iraq War troop surge of 2007 → evaluatedBy → Government Accountability Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Government Accountability Office

Capital Purchase Program → oversight → Government Accountability Office ⓘ