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... of GAO-12-886, a report to congressional requesters September 2012 FINANCIAL STABILITY New Council and Research Office Should Strengthen the Accountability and Transparency of Their Decisions ... FINANCIAL STABILITY New Council and Research Office Should Strengthen the Accountability and Transparency of Their Decisions Report to Congressional Requesters ... Treasury’s Office of Domestic Finance supports OFR and that OFR was created by the Dodd-Frank Act. Similar to other entities within the Treasury such as the Bureau of the Public Debt and the Internal...

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