# Government Accountability Office

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/government-accountability-office/  
**Website:** https://www.gao.gov  
**APIs profiled:** 0

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is the United States government's supreme audit institution. It provides Congress with auditing, evaluation, and investigative services, and publishes reports, testimonies, and other products examining federal programs and policies.

## Kin Score — 6.8 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 6.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 16.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 11.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Government Accountability Office Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Accountability, Auditing, Federal-Government, Government, United States

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/government-accountability-office/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.