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GAO organisation

Named in 6 reports across 4 stories - 6 Aug – 19 Sept
6 Aug 202619 Sept 2026

The web around GAO

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with GAO. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without GAO.

Government Accountability Office and Trump administration share 2 reportsDepartment of Government Efficiency and Government Accountability Office share 2 reportsTrump administration and White House share 1 reportGovernment Accountability Office and Senate Democrats share 1 reportSenate Democrats and Trump administration share 1 reportSenate Democrats and White House share 1 reportElon Musk and Trump administration share 1 reportMerrill Matthews and Trump administration share 1 reportTrump administration and US government share 1 reportDoge and US government share 1 reportGovernment Accountability Office and President Trump share 1 reportDepartment of Government Efficiency and President Trump share 1 reportDoge and Trump administration share 1 reportGovernment Accountability Office and White House share 1 reportElon Musk and US government share 1 reportDoge and Elon Musk share 1 reportGAOGovernment Accoun…Government Accountability Office - 4 shared reports (organization)Trump admin…Trump administration - 4 shared reports (organization)Department …Department of Government Efficiency - 2 shared reports (organization)DogeDoge - 1 shared report (organization)Elon MuskElon Musk - 1 shared report (person)Merrill MatthewsMerrill Matthews - 1 shared report (person)President T…President Trump - 1 shared report (person)Senate Demo…Senate Democrats - 1 shared report (organization)US governme…US government - 1 shared report (organization)White HouseWhite House - 1 shared report (place)

The stories

“He Has a Bigger Fish to Fry”: Why One Analyst Saw a Narrow Window for Warsh to Hike — and What Actually Happened

103 outlets1 report names GAO27 Jul – 20 Sept

Federal employees were paid nearly $7B not to work under DOGE effort: GAO

6 outlets3 reports name GAO16 Sept – 19 Sept

Trump administration set to spend at least $900 million on White House construction

9 outlets1 report names GAO12 Aug – 13 Aug

Inaccurate data included in DOGE 'Wall of Receipts' report, GAO says

1 outlets1 report names GAO6 Aug

People they appear with

Elon Musk1Merrill Matthews1President Trump1

Places in the same coverage

White House1

Organisations in the same coverage

Government Accountability Office4Trump administration4Department of Government Efficiency2Doge1Senate Democrats1US government1

Who keeps naming them

The Hill5The Guardian World1

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