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B-140579 1 (1972-07-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabldg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: REflT1cyjj N Not to he released outside he n r . Accounting iffice except n the ba!Ss of specific appro- by the Office of Ceigressional Relat'0o1, a e¢OMd Of Wh- Is kept by the~ Distribution ', %j COMPTROLLER hMY04 WASHINGTON, D.C. 248 RELEASED J 1 B-140579 JUL 25 1972 Dear Mr. Chairman: In your letter of November 8, 1971, you asked the Gen- eral Accounting Office to assist the Senate Committee on Inte-' C rior and Insular Affairs in its study of nar4onal fuel and energy policy by obtaining information as to Federal funding aniFpersonne1 being committed to fuel- and energy-related ac- tivities. In response to your request and after consultations with the Director of the National Fuels and Energy Study, we designed a questionnaire for use by the Committee in request- ing the desired information from Federal agencies for fiscal years 1972 and 1973. On January 19, 1972, the questionnaire, including in- structions and a pro forma schedule for reply, was sent to the 26 departments and agencies designated by the Committee with a request that the responses be directed to us. We have compiled and analyzed the data contained in the agency re- sponses, and the enclosed schedule provides an overall summary of the identifiable Federal resources committed to fuel- and energy-related activities for fiscal years 1972 and 1973. Three copies of the responses and the supplemental summary schedules we prepared are included in the binders accompany- ing this report. In evaluating the information presented, we wish to point out that: --The funding and personnel figures reported by the vari- ous agencies are based on budget requests and backup data for fiscal years 1972 and 1973. Budget data were used because they were a readily available source of information common to all Federal agencies and will en- able the furnishing of comparable information in future years. --When an agency's budget information did not permit separate identification of a fuel- or energy-related activity, the agency was requested to estimate that portion of the activity which pertained to fuel or energy and to describe the basis on which the estimate 9072 _

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