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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation General Accounting Office
  • abbreviation Government Accountability Office

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  • initialism Government Accountability Office (fka General Accounting Office)

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  • noun 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

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