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- abbreviation General Accounting Office
- abbreviation Government Accountability Office
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- initialism Government Accountability Office (fka General Accounting Office)
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- noun an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States
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Learn more: www. gao.gov Disclaimer: The US GAO does not promote or endorse any non-Government or commercial content appearing on this page.
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Learn more: www. gao.gov Disclaimer: The US GAO does not promote or endorse any non-Government or commercial content appearing on this page.
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Learn more: www. gao.gov Disclaimer: The US GAO does not promote or endorse any non-Government or commercial content appearing on this page.
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Oh, and if you think you're ever going to get a good recommendation from the GAO on how to fix things, just remember the GAO is a bunch of bureaucrats too.
Alan Stern on NASA's Cost Increase Problems - NASA Watch 2008
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Oh, and if you think you're ever going to get a good recommendation from the GAO on how to fix things, just remember the GAO is a bunch of bureaucrats too.
Alan Stern on NASA's Cost Increase Problems - NASA Watch 2008
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But a Senior Administration Official I spoke with yesterday vigorously disputed that characterization, saying that the GAO is applying a different up-or-down only standard, making it “an apples to oranges comparison.”
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GAO is estimating that, on the high side, Ares/Orion to ISS could cost $50B.
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GAO is estimating that, on the high side, Ares/Orion to ISS could cost $50B.
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The GAO is already finding billions of dollars in fraud by those contractors which the government will recoup.
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