GAO

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gao"

English

Proper noun

GAO

  1. Initialism of Government Accountability Office (or its former name, General Accounting Office).
    • 2020 January 16, Jeremy Herb, “Government watchdog concludes Trump administration broke law by withholding Ukraine aid”, in CNN‎[1]:
      The Office of Management and Budget told the GAO it “withheld the funds to ensure that they were not spent ‘in a manner that could conflict with the President’s foreign policy,’” said Thomas Armstrong, the GAO’s general counsel. But the GAO rejected that argument.

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Noun

GAO m pl (plural only)

  1. (Colombia, Ecuador) initialism of Grupos Armados Organizados (“Organized Armed Groups”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English GAO (“Government Accountability Office”).

Proper noun

GAO f

  1. GAO
    • 2020 July 16, Priscilla Alvarez, “Agencia fronteriza proporcionó atención médica inconsistente a inmigrantes bajo custodia, según organismo de control”, in CNN en Español‎[2]:
      Por ejemplo, durante las visitas a las instalaciones de CBP en noviembre de 2019 en el sur de Texas, la GAO descubrió que mientras algunas instalaciones realizaban entrevistas de salud y evaluaciones médicas, otras no.
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