The Evolution of the General Accounting Office:

From Voucher Audits to Program Evaluations

OP-2-HP, Jan 1, 1990

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GAO presented a perspective on the main eras in the General Accounting Office's historical evolution from 1921 to the present, changes in its organization, and its work over the last 25 years.