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111771 1 (1979-05-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacuqd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: REMARKS OF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE AN INERNATIONAL CONFERFNLF LF WORLD VAL.UE .SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN VALUE ENGINEERS CAPITAL HILTON HOTEL MAY 24, 1979 URVIVAL TECHNIQUES AND THE TAXPAYER REVOLT9 This last year has seen many changes in the United States, not the least of which is the phenomenon popularly known as the Taxpayer Revolt. The people of this country are alarmed and angry with what they perceive as wasteful use of their tax dollars. Eliminating waste and inefficiency in the Federal Government has been the primary mission of the General Accounting Office from its beginning in 1921; but today's economic problems present a most perplexing problem to the Federal Government. This Conference is focusing on the traditional value engineering definition or concept--improving the function, form or fit of specific pieces of hardware. Today I would like to take a little literary license with the term value engineering and relate it to the broader problem of increasing the productivity of both industry and government. In these times of rising and double-digit inflation, the most essential government services, from social programs to national defense, are becoming more and more expensive. Even if we could eliminate the last ounce of waste in government, these inflationary pressures (now predicted by the Administration to be 8.5 percent this year) make it QO 29.?4

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