government accounting office

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Government Accounting Office
    n 1: 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 [syn: {Government Accounting
         Office}, {GAO}, {United States Government Accounting
         Office}]
    

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