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PAD-79-85 1 (1979-09-17)

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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
        WASHINGTON, D.C. 20543


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September 17, 1979


Dr. Delphis Goldberg6L.
Subcommittee on Intergovernmental
  Relations and Human Resources
Committee for Government
  Operations
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515


Dear Dr. Goldberg:

     We thank you for the opportunity to respond to the
Department of Housing and Urban Development/ fIUD  comments
  -    A          o. 1 ) on GAO testimonyJbeflre your Subcom-
mittee on May 23, 1979.*
     W e find nothing in the HUD comments which warrants any
modification to the thrust and particulars of our testimony.
Although we agree with HOD comments concerning the desire of
GAO and the Congress to have an effecLive Urban Development
Action Grant (UDAG) program, we believe that HUD chose very    '
selective and incomplete information to put in their comments.
Furthermore, in contrast to the approach used in our testimony,
HUD did not try to sketch a full picture of ithe many aspects
of each grant.

WHAT WE BASED OUR ANALYSIS ON


     Contrary to HUD assertions, all available data known to
exist at the time of our study was examined prior to the
May 23 testimony.  This includes final contracts, for those
UDAG projects which had them, applications, press releases,
and HUD analyses.

     As indicated on page 3 of our testimony, our starting
place was to examine the details of each grant at HUD's
Washington Office. GAO staff then visited each of the UDAG
site locations and HUD's regional offices to obtain the data
necessary for our analysis.


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