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Government Accountability Office (GAO) An investigative arm of Congress, formerly called the General Accounting Office. Members of Congress may request a wide variety of reports, analyses, and raw data,which is supplied in a nonpartisan manner by the GAO.It also recommends actions to be taken by Congress as a result of findings in the reports. Its Web site, www.gao.gov, contains an excellent search engine to find reports on housing,financial services,and natural resources,to name a few topics. A few interesting reports related to real estate include • ‘'Financial Institutions: Issues Regarding the Tax-Exempt Status of Credit Unions” (impor- tant because credit unions usually offer lower interest rates because of their tax-exempt status, but banks are crying “no fair” over the situation.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Walker, head of the Government Accountability Office, is paid to take the long view, and he sees economic disaster ahead. An August report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), drawing on evaluations by the contract research firm Westat, found "credible evidence that the campaign was not effective in reducing youth drug use, either during the entire period of the campaign or during the period from 2002 to 2004, when the campaign was redirected and focused on marijuana use. Three ranking House Democrats--Representatives Bart Gordon of Tennessee, Henry Waxman of California and John Dingell of Michigan--have urged the Government Accountability Office to investigate the budget cuts. |
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