Children’s health insurance status related to parent’s health coverage

By Laurel Adams

A study reveals children’s health insurance status is closely aligned with that of their parents. The health care reform law would expand he

Excerpts from this story referencing "General Accounting Office":

"… health insurance to an additional 32 million, many of whom are parents.The General Accounting Office analysis found that a parent’s insurance status was almost always associ …"

Energy Department stimulus funds produce questionable results

By Laurel Adams

The Department of Energy has struggled to show how its $41.7 billion in stimulus funding created jobs, reduced environmental risks or improv

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"… al risk reduction, and the life-cycle costs of its cleanup program,” the General Accounting Office report said.The department used different methodologies to determine how m …"

Enron top brass accused of dumping stock were big political donors

By John Dunbar, Robert Moore and MaryJo Sylwester

WASHINGTON, January 9, 2002 — Twenty-four top executives and board members at Enron Corp. contributed nearly $800,000 to national political

Excerpts from this story referencing "General Accounting Office":

"… lative package.The White House has refused requests from the congressional General Accounting Office for records of Mr. Cheney’s energy policy meetings. The GAO was forced t …"

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Big GOP contributor advised administration's energy task force

By Robert Moore

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2002 — When a generous patron of President Bush and the Republican Party sought political backing for his company's

Excerpts from this story referencing "General Accounting Office":

"… between the Bush administration and the investigative arm of Congress, the General Accounting Office. The GAO announced on January 30, 2002, that it would sue the administrati …"

"… ed Houston in 2001, they met with representatives of Arctic Resources. The General Accounting Office has requested records of such meetings from the White House. In an August …"

Oil-financed Congress members target public-interest group

By Richard Prince and Esther Cassidy

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2000 — A saga involving Big Oil, millions of unrealized tax dollars, whistle-blowers, members of Congress and campaign

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"… alph Regula, R-Ohio, and Maloney, and Senator Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., the General Accounting Office prepared an August 1998 report on the federal oil valuation issue.The GAO …"

Elk Hills: Private or public?

By Josey Ballenger, Nathaniel Heller and Knut Royce

WASHINGTON, October 27, 2000 — The political decision to sell the Elk Hills oil reserve was made from high in the Clinton administration nea

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"… g an internal DOE study, to be nearly $4 billion. And in January 1995, the General Accounting Office, another independent government body, also suggested the option of a publi …"

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Did taxpayers lose on deal for oil field?

By Josey Ballenger, Nathaniel Heller and Knut Royce

WASHINGTON, October 27, 2000 — "For the last eight years, I have had the challenge of running the streamlining program called 'Reinventing

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"… mpeted by DOE to government overseers of the sale. Most significantly, the General Accounting Office – which, along with the congressional armed services committees and the …"

Foreign lobbyist database could vanish

By Kevin Bogardus

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2004 — Justice Department officials say a huge database that serves as the public's lone window on lobbying activities

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"… York Avenue in downtown Washington.Congress’s investigative branch, the General Accounting Office, has looked into the FARA office over several decades, culminating in thei …"

The risks of U.S. aid

By Ignacio Gómez G.

WASHINGTON, February 27, 2000 — Members of the U.S. Congress are concerned that military aid to Colombia could be used to violate human righ

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"… ies, was the subject of media and congressional scrutiny in 1997, when the General Accounting Office (GAO) was ordered to audit its accounts and clarify whether the training w …"

Commentary: Freedom of information under attack

By Charles Lewis

Asking the tough questions required of "watchdog journalism" is especially difficult in a national crisis atmosphere of fear, paranoia and p

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"… against the Bush administration brought by the normally polite and patient General Accounting Office, headed by the U.S. comptroller general, David Walker. Walker v. Cheney is …"

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