July 22, 2004
What's In a Name?
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…
Posted by GeorgeMundstock : July 22, 2004 08:58 PM | Law: Everything Else | TechnoLinks
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Posted by: Wille Buck Merle at July 22, 2004 11:33 AMJust part of the shift from professional governance to moral governance.
Posted by: Ben Hyde at July 22, 2004 12:21 PMI 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?
Posted by: kim at July 22, 2004 12:39 PMIsn't "general accountability" an oxymoron?
Posted by: alkali at July 22, 2004 04:32 PM