as in responsibility
willingness or obligation to explain one's actions or to admit being the cause of a problem
There is a push to increase accountability among government officials.
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Mary Ramsey is the local government accountability reporter for The Charlotte Observer.
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Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
Failure to maintain regulatory independence from commercial, political and ideological influence is not accountability.
—Katy Huff, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025
Such accountability is taking the form of new laws as well as legal and regulatory action.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
Government power completely divorced from political accountability is tyranny.
—Carl Burdette, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2025
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Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
Failure to maintain regulatory independence from commercial, political and ideological influence is not accountability.
—Katy Huff, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025
Such accountability is taking the form of new laws as well as legal and regulatory action.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
Government power completely divorced from political accountability is tyranny.
—Carl Burdette, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Accountability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accountability. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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