Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, Volume 29Contains a selection of major decisions of the GAO. A digest of all decisions has been issued since Oct. 1989 as: United States. General Accounting Office. Digests of decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States. Before Oct. 1989, digests of unpublished decisions were issued with various titles. |
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| Title | Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, Volume 29 Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, United States. General Accounting Office. Office of the General Counsel |
| Author | United States. General Accounting Office |
| Contributor | United States. General Accounting Office. Office of the General Counsel |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950 |
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