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The name was changed in 2004 to the Government Accountability Office by the GAO Human Capital Reform Act to better reflect the mission of the office. [9] [10] [11] The GAO's auditors conduct not only financial audits, but also engage in a wide assortment of performance audits.
Government Finance Review (GFR): Government Finance Review is the Government Finance Officers Association's bimonthly membership magazine. It publishes articles in the forefront of the public finance profession, touching on topics such as fiscal first aid, performance measurement and management, new accounting and auditing standards, strategic ...
The GAO's Fiscal Year 2016 annual budget was $555 million, with "Measurable financial benefits from GAO work: $63.4 billion--a return of about $112 on every dollar invested in GAO." [12] In contrast, GAO reports show that the Defense Department's 2,200 overlapping financial systems cost $18 billion a year to operate. [5]
State auditors (also known as state comptrollers, state controllers, or state examiners, among others) are fiscal officers lodged in the executive or legislative branches of U.S. state governments who serve as external auditors, program evaluators, financial controllers, bookkeepers, or inspectors general of public funds.
A supreme audit institution is an independent national-level institution which conducts audits of government activities. [1] [2] Most supreme audit institutions are established in their country's constitution, and their mandate is further refined in national legislation. [3]
National Audit Office may refer to audit authorities of various national governments: Australian National Audit Office , an agency of the federal Commonwealth government, established 1901 Bundesrechnungshof ('Federal Court of Auditors'), the Germany body, re-established in West Germany in 1948
A regulatory agency (regulatory body, regulator) or independent agency (independent regulatory agency) is a government authority that is responsible for exercising autonomous jurisdiction over some area of human activity in a licensing and regulating capacity.