Comptroller General of the United States of America | |
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![]() Seal of the United States Government Accountability Office | |
since March 13, 2008 | |
Term length | 15 years |
Formation | 1921 |
Website | www |
The comptroller general of the United States is the director of the Government Accountability Office (GAO, formerly known as the General Accounting Office), a legislative-branch agency established by Congress in 1921 to ensure the fiscal and managerial accountability of the federal government.