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Title 31
Title 31
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
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Definitions
Government Accountability Office
Comptroller General and Deputy Comptroller General
Relationship to other laws
Inspector General for the Government Accountability Office
General authority
Investigating the use of public money
Audit of Internal Revenue Service, Tax and Trade Bureau, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Audit of Financial Institutions Examination Council, Federal Reserve Board, Federal reserve banks, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of Comptroller of the Currency
Audit of accounts and operations of the District of Columbia government
Availability of information and inspection of records
Evaluating programs and activities of the United States Government
Availability of draft reports
Comptroller General reports
Agency reports
Access to certain information
General
Personnel management system
Critical positions
Senior Executive Service
Assignments and details to Congress
Relationship to other laws
Authorization of appropriations
Organization
Chairman and General Counsel
Duties and powers
Action by the Comptroller General
Judicial review
Definitions
Annuity of the Comptroller General
Election of survivor benefits
Survivor annuities
Refunds
Payment of survivor benefits
Annuity increases
Dependency and disability decisions
Use of appropriations
Authority over the General Accounting Office Building
Leasing of space in the General Accounting Office Building
Rules and regulations
Center for Audit Excellence
Account
Authorization of appropriations