comptroller

The president continues to nominate the comptroller general, who is chosen for a 15-year term from a list of three candidates proposed by a bipartisan commission of congressional leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Brad Lander, New York City’s former comptroller and city councilman who recently won the Democratic primary against incumbent U.S.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

Brandon Patty, a 44-year-old clerk and comptroller in St John's County, Florida and a Navy Reserve commander, is one such American who believes passionately that the Dream is alive and working.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Schlossberg’s inexperience and total lack of punctiliousness would make him a horrible candidate for mayor, president, governor, even comptroller.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

She says if I run for mayor she wants to be comptroller, of all things.”

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

That’s if she doesn’t get derailed by the collegiate jargon: Unsubsidized loans, registrars and comptrollers, “demonstrated need,” Ed.D.s and FAFSAs.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 24, 2018

Such midyear budget adjustments by the board, common in years when revenue was lower than expected, have “enabled countless governors, comptrollers and treasurers to actively manage the state’s finances,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2017

Those will be filled in and hammered out later by the Office of Management and Budget, the comptrollers of the various departments, and the relevant committees in Congress.

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2017

The list of signatures on a copy of the letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal includes Thomas P. DiNapoli and Scott M. Stringer, the comptrollers of New York state and New York City, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2015

For this purpose there are assessors, collectors, treasurers, comptrollers or auditors, and various other officials.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by James Wilford Garner