Legal Opinion
General Accounting Office v. General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board, Morris L. Shaller, Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 18, 1983No. 81-2401PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
The General Accounting Office (“GAO”) is a legislative support agency responsible for auditing, investigating, reporting on and proposing improvements to the programs and financial activities of executive agencies in the federal government. In 1980, Congress passed the General Accounting Office Personnel Act of 1980 (“GOA-PA”), 1 establishing a personnel system for the GAO. This system exists independent of executive branch personnel operations and authorities so as to avoid any conflict of roles between officials in the GAO and officials in the federal…
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3Cited by46 opinions
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