<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMwelekeo huu haukuwa umefikia kiwango cha muhimu na kampuni haikuwa imekosa uwajibikaji mkubwa wa umma wakati nilipoondoka kurudi kwa huduma ya umma kama Msimamizi Mkuu wa Marekani mnamo 1998.  <response>: These tendencies had not yet reached a critical level and the firm had not experienced a major public accountability failure when I left to return to public service as Comptroller General of the United States in 1998. 