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In 2021, the U.S. Government Accountability Office celebrated a century of service as a source of objective, non-partisan information on government operations. GAO plays a key role in helping Congress improve the performance of government, ensuring transparency and saving money.
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Performance and Accountability Report. GAO's Performance and...
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GAO’s report recommendations have the potential to save...
- 100 Years of GAO
During the last 20 years, we’ve strived to improve...
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How to Report Fraud Online. Please Note: We strongly...
- Role as an Audit Institution
The Domestic Working Group (PDF, 2 pages), which is composed...
- Legal Decisions
GAO’s Office of the General Counsel regularly issues legal...
- Health Care Advisory Committees
The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act...
- Center for Audit Excellence
The Center for Audit Excellence (CAE) offers training,...
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We support Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities, and help improve the performance and ensure the accountability of the federal government. We provide Congress with timely information that is objective, fact-based, nonpartisan, nonideological, and balanced.
- What Is The Government Accountability Office (Gao)?
- Understanding The Government Accountability Office
- Special Considerations
- History of The Government Accountability Office
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent and legislative agency that monitors and audits government spending and operations. The agency examines how taxpayer dollars are spent and provides recommendations on how to save the government money or operate more fiscally responsibly. Established in 1921, GAO is also often called the c...
The Government Accountability Office is an independent government agency that is tasked with tracking the use of taxpayer dollars by the legislative and executive branches of government, and providing the results directly to Congress. Put simply, GAO serves as a congressional watchdog over government spending. It monitors the operating results, fin...
The GAO has broad authority to review the function and operations of the Federal Reserve—the central bankof the United States. As such, it conducts reviews of the emergency lending programs that were enacted following the collapse of the housing market and the 2007-2008 financial crisis, which led to the Great Recession. Despite this, it does not h...
U.S. government spending and debt rose sharply during World War I. This reality prompted demand for a formal system to review, monitor, and control government expenditures. As a result, the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 established the General Accounting Office, which assumed budget, accounting, and auditing responsibilities from the U.S. Treas...
May 16, 2024 · The Government Accountability Office reported that Guam lacks nurses and social workers for veterans. PDN FILE PHOTO. In 2022 alone, Guam employed 55 clinical staff, such as doctors...
GAO provides fact-based, nonpartisan information to Congress. Often called the "congressional watchdog," GAO investigates federal spending and performance.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan government agency within the legislative branch that provides auditing, evaluative, and investigative services for the United States Congress. It is the supreme audit institution of the federal government of the United States.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) gathers information to help Congress determine how effectively executive branch agencies are doing their jobs.
