Government Accountability Office
Example U.S. Government Accountability Office
Supreme audit institution is the general term.
The INTOSAI website contains guidance materials for supreme audit institutions.
The mission of a Government Accountability Office is to support the Legislature (Congress in the U.S. case) in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and ensure the accountability of the Executive (federal government in the U.S. case) for the benefit of the country's citizens (American people in the U.S. case. The Government Accountability Office provides the Legislature with timely information that is objective, fact-based, nonpartisan, nonideological, fair, and balanced.
Source: About GAO at U.S. Government Accountability Office website.
Where?
The Fringes
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