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                COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                        WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548


B-176544                                January 18, 1979



Ms. June Vitale, Manuscript  Editor
Journal of Accountancy                               094697
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York  10036

Dear Ms. Vitale:

     I am enclosing a retyped  version of my testimony
pursuant to the letter of January  10, 1979, from Barbara J.
Shildneck, Managing Editor,  requesting permission to use
the testimony in a forthcoming  Journal article.  You will
note we have added answers  to questions you posed and
have added a couple of additional  paragraphs to explain
a couple of our points more  fully.

     As Mr. Scantlebury discussed  with you by phone, the
headlines do not seem appropriate.   The FASB has the
Independence and Expertise  is subject to challenge.  One
point made by many state and  local accountants is that
the FASB does not have sufficient  expertise.  The other
title The NCGA has the Authority  and Experience is also
inappropriate since the NCGA  has no real authority save
that conferred upon  it by those it represents.  I would
suggest the following as  substitutes:

        The FASB has  the        The NCGA has the
        Independence             Experience

     Since this testimony was  given, much has happened to
bring about the kind of  cooperation suggested in my testimony.
You might want to include  something like the following in
your editors comments on  the developments on this matter.

     At this writing,  it appears that this
     cooperation  is very likely to occur.  In
     early December,  the Members of the NCGA
     and the FASB met  in the FASB offices in
     Stamford, Connecticut  to discuss their mutual
     interests in this  matter.  As I understand
     it, the NCGA has  offered to work with the
     FASB in a cooperation  project to develop
     objectives of  financial statements.  A sub-
     committee of the  FASAC recommended that the
     FASB cooperate with  NCGA in such a project.

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