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Article: SENATE PASSES INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AUDIT ACT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 18, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The office of Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release:
Last night the United States Senate unanimously approved the passage of the Intelligence Community (IC) Audit Act of 2009 (S. 385), introduced by U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka, as a part of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (S. 1494).
"For too long, the Intelligence Community's refusal to fully cooperate with Congress and the Government Accountability Office has led to significant blind spots in national security and management oversight," Senator Akaka said. "GAO has shown that it can be trusted to responsibly review intelligence activities and make recommendations ...