{
  "slug": "gao",
  "register": {
    "slug": "gao",
    "name": "Government Accountability Office",
    "abbr": "GAO",
    "jurisdiction": "federal",
    "state": "DC",
    "state_name": "District of Columbia",
    "category": "legislative",
    "agency_type": "cabinet_department",
    "parent": null,
    "parent_name": null,
    "url": "https://aletheca.com/agencies/gao",
    "website": "https://www.gao.gov",
    "reading_room": "https://www.gao.gov/foia/reading-room",
    "subject_to_foia": false,
    "law": {
      "id": "dc-foia",
      "citation": "D.C. Code § 2-531 et seq.",
      "statutory_days": 15,
      "business_days": true,
      "appeal_deadline_days": null
    },
    "intake": [
      {
        "channel": "portal",
        "detail": "https://pal.foia.gov",
        "label": "FOIA.gov PAL",
        "verified": true
      },
      {
        "channel": "mail",
        "detail": "Government Accountability Office FOIA Office, FOIA Requester Service Center, Washington DC 20208",
        "label": "Postal mail",
        "verified": false
      }
    ],
    "holdings": [
      "correspondence",
      "contracts",
      "reports",
      "emails",
      "memoranda",
      "data",
      "policies"
    ],
    "tips": [
      "Be specific on date range and custodians",
      "Cite public-interest fee waiver and news-media status if applicable",
      "Request Vaughn index for withholdings",
      "Ask for rolling release"
    ],
    "tracking": "Agency tracking number via acknowledgement letter; check PAL or agency portal.",
    "confidence": "high",
    "source": "Imported from AlethecaData. Institutions are real; contact routes are inferred unless marked verified. See /coverage."
  },
  "scorecard": null,
  "components": [],
  "requests": []
}