GAO Expands Beyond Auditing Under Edmond Le Breton
The General Accounting Office shifts from defense contract audits to efficiency studies aided by the Truth in Negotiations Act. Comptroller Staats faces a past backlash from a 1965 House probe over headline reporting. Changes include neutrally worded titles and earlier congressman copies, with GAO often reproducing agency comments in full.
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Edmond le Breton
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General Accounting Office
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GAO Expands Beyond Auditing Under Staats
The GAO under Comptroller General Elmer Staats broadens its mission to assess program effectiveness and efficiency. With 3100 staff including lawyers and engineers, GAO issues reports to Congress, pursues agency oversight, and maintains regional and overseas offices to monitor government operations.
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Elmer B. Staats
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Vietnam
Department of Defense
Atomic Energy Commission
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Lockheed Corp
Capitol Hill
United States
Hawaii
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