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The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan government agency within the legislative branch that provides auditing, evaluative, and investigative services for the United States Congress. [2]
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 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]
Government audit organizations generally utilize established standards to conduct performance audits. In the United States, audit organizations use either Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards, known as the Yellow Book, or the Institute of Internal Auditors's International Professional Practices Framework, known as the Red Book.
[24] [25] Feed the Pig, a national public service campaign sponsored by the AICPA and the Ad Council, provides personal finance resources for young Americans. [26] 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy is a national volunteer effort of the nation's CPAs to help Americans understand their personal finances and develop money management skills. [27] [28]
Types of departments include ministries (部; bù), commissions (委员会; wěiyuánhuì), the People's Bank of China and the National Audit Office. The current 14th State Council has 26 constituent departments, 21 ministries, three commissions, along with the People's Bank of China and the National Audit Office.
In the United States, other than in the military departments, the first Office of Inspector General was established by act of Congress in 1976 [1] under the Department of Health and Human Services to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare, Medicaid, and more than 100 other departmental programs. [2]
National Audit Office of Lithuania; Northern Ireland Audit Office; O. Organization of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions; P. Public Company ...