The United States General Accounting Office

Željko Ivaniš

Revizor · 2004 · 762 citations · 0 references

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General Accounting Office - GAO is an auditing institution on federal level that performs independent and expert auditing of public expenses. This institution was founded in 1921. In its operations it is directly connected to the Congress which is the supreme legislative authority. Nowadays GAO has over 3.000 employees and about 500 million US $'annual budget.