Oil Spills: Cost of Major Spills May Impact Viability of Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund

ISBN-10: 1289105995
ISBN-13: 9781289105990
Series: Oil Spills
Pages: 30
Language: English
Published: 2013-06
Publisher: BiblioGov
Authors: U. S. Government Accountability Office, U S Government Accountability Office

Description

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.