The U.S. Government Accountability Office
Channel: Chi Hack Night
Date: 2016-09-15

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the federal agency known as the congressional watchdog, is tasked with supporting and advising Congress and federal agencies about ways to make government more efficient, effective, ethical, equitable and responsive. 

Policy analysts, Rebecca Abela, Silvia Ellis, and Joanie Lofgren discuss the types of work GAO does to audit the vast and diverse portfolio of federal programs and services.

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