General Accounting Office

American  

noun

U.S. Government.

1. an independent auditing and accounting agency that assists Congress and government departments and agencies and settles claims for the federal government. GAO

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Example Sentences

The result, a General Accounting Office 1977 report noted, was that food waste prevention was an activity that “did not justify the economic expenditure necessary to reduce loss.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023

Perhaps the most significant critique of such separations came in 1978 when the federal government's General Accounting Office, now known as the Government Accountability Office, released a report that called for ending the practice.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2023

General Accounting Office, chemical recycling uses heat and/or chemical reactions to break down used plastics into new plastic, fuel or other chemicals.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2022

According to militarymachine.com, each F/A-18 Hornet costs more than $34 million, and they cost $6.5 million a year to operate, statista.com has reported, citing General Accounting Office data.

From Fox News • Mar. 4, 2022

The most famous is, probably, the General Accounting Office, known by its acronym: the GAO.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel