What’s In a Name?

Posted on July 22, 2004 by george

Congress' General Accounting Office changed its name to the General AccountABILITY Office. Huh? Numbers don't count any more?

CORRECTION: I goofed! It's GOVERNMENT AccountABILITY Office. Scary…

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4 Responses to What’s In a Name?

  1. Wille Buck Merle says:
    July 22, 2004 at 11:33 am

    Future site of the George W. Bush Memorial Freedom parking lot.

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  2. Ben Hyde says:
    July 22, 2004 at 12:21 pm

    Just part of the shift from professional governance to moral governance.

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  3. kim says:
    July 22, 2004 at 12:39 pm

    I saw the Post article on this, which mentions the economic reasons for the change. I’m wondering if the 1986 whistleblower laws would still apply to GAO employees? Might that be a motive as well?

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  4. alkali says:
    July 22, 2004 at 4:32 pm

    Isn’t “general accountability” an oxymoron?

    Reply

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