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B-203900 1 (1981-08-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkdv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 205a48 B-203900 August 19, 1981 The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: This is in response to your June 23, 1981, request for our review and comments on H.R. 2098 which would amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish Inspectors General in the Departments of Defense, Justice, and Treasury and the Agency for International Development. We appreciate your giving us this opportunity to review and comment on this proposed legislation. The General Accounting Office (GAO) strongly supported the Inspector General Act of 1978 and other legislation which has centralized internal audit and investigative activities in certain Federal agencies under statutory Inspectors General. As we stated in our August 26, 1980, testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia, Committee on Governmental Affairs, GAO believes such legislation is benefi- cial because it: --Insures that high-level agency attention is given to promoting economy and efficiency and to combating fraud, waste, and abuse. --Provides better assurance that the work of audit and investigative units in those agencies and throughout the Government is coordinated. --Insures that both the Congress and agency heads receive information on problems involving economy and efficiency and fraud and abuse. We believe these benefits will also be realized by extend- ing the Act to include the agencies in this legislation. Accord- ingly, we support H.R. 2098 with some qualifications. With particular reference to the Department of Defense, we believe the legislation will be both feasible and desirable with a few modifications. We prefer that the position be called an Auditor General because the title signifies broad responsibilities especially in reviewing the effectiveness of internal controls to prevent fraud, waste and abuse, whereas the title of Inspector General has long been used in Defense to refer to a military / ....(i/ '

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