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To help Senators and Representatives make informed policy decisions, the GAO provides them with accurate, balanced, and timely information. Its efforts routinely center on answering basic questions: Are Government programs meeting their objectives? Are they providing services of value to the public? Ultimately, the GAO ensures that the Government is accountable to the American people. The GAO gathers information that the Congress uses to determine how effective executive branch agencies are at carrying out their missions. Eighty three years later, it was renamed the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the GAO Capital Reform Act of 2004 (31 U.S.C. 702) established the General Accounting Office. The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 (31 U.S.C. The agency is known as the "congressional watchdog" because it investigates how the Federal Government spends taxpayer dollars. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for the Congress.

The Government Accountability Office helps the Congress fulfill its constitutional responsibilities and heightens the Federal Government's accountability and performance. The key personnel table was updated 2–2019.

Managing Director of the Continuous Process Improvement OfficeĬontracting and National Security AcquisitionsĮducation, Workforce, and Income Securityįinancial Markets and Community Investmentįorensic Audits and Investigative ServiceĬHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER / CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERĭeputy General Counsel / Ethics Counselor