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> What exactly makes the GAO not "part of the executive branch" ? https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/702 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/702
by Jtsummers 4mo ago
> What exactly makes the GAO not "part of the executive branch" ?
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/702 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/702
>> (a)The Government Accountability Office is an instrumentality of the United States Government independent of the executive departments.
The law establishing it also establishes it as independent.
- mindslight 4mo agoSure, that is what is written down. But as a necessary part of its operation, there is a whole lot of executive power being exercised as well, which the unitary executive theory says would fall under the authority of the president.