comptroller

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But President Jose Raul Mulino has called the contract "unfair" and the office of the comptroller general -- an autonomous body that examines how government money is spent -- subsequently recommended it be annulled.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

“I don’t see the continuation of the Panama Ports contract at the moment, amended or not,” Mulino said in July after the comptroller filed the lawsuits with the high court.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Treasury; the Treasury secretary and comptroller of the currency were ex officio members of its board, and the Treasury secretary presided over its meetings.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025

Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller and a candidate in June’s Democratic mayoral primary, told me the issue was bigger than where we put tables and chairs.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2025

“I would thank you for precise information on this head, for I have not been able to get any,” he wrote to the comptroller of the treasury, Oliver Wolcott.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy