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                                                 094585

                           ADDRESS BY
                        ELMER B. STAATS                    1
            COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                           BEFORE THE
                NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS
              OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND ADMINISTRATION
                       SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
                          MAY 3, 1974


           EVOLVING NEEDS IN THE PREPARATION OF FUTURE
                LEADERS FOR THE FEDERAL SERVICE


     When Dean Campbell wrote me asking if I would address your

conference I hesitated for several days before responding.  We at

GAO have strong convictions, based on in-depth factfinding, about many

areas of the Federal management.  But in the area of Federal needs for

future leaders I must classify myself as a layman.  The hard facts are

lacking, and even forecasts are not available from the Office of

Management and Budget, the Civil Service Commission, or the major agencies.

I am encouraged, however, by current techniques being developed by the

CSC Bureau of Executive Manpower.

     Despite the lack of data, I concluded that as Comptroller General

I would be remiss not to make a best effort to synthesize our insights

into this problem and to try to contribute some creative thinking on

the subject.

THE NAPA REPORT--A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION

     The report of the National Academy of Public Administration

entitled Meeting the Needs of Tomorrow's Public. Service is a landmark

document.  While I had reviewed this report when it was first published




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