Just Facts

A lot of time and attention to detail goes into every one of GAO’s non-partisan, fact-based reports. As a result, there may be a lot of interesting nuggets buried in each PDF, on page 10, 100, or even 300. We’d like to free those facts. So starting today on the @USGAO Twitter account, we’ll start pulling some of those facts out and sending them off as part of our daily “Just Facts” series. You can look forward to one fact a day, every weekday morning. Each year, we issue around 700-1,000 new reports and testimonies that investigate federal spending and performance—and help hold the federal government accountable. So there are a lot of facts to choose from and if they interest you, you can always read more. For example, did you know…?

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