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                             ADDRESS TO  THE
                  NORDIC COUNCIL  OF AUDITORS GENERAL
                                   BY
                             ELMER B. STAATS
               COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE  UNITED STATES
                             JUNE  6, 1978

         THE WORK OF THE  COMPTROLLER GENERAL AND HIS REPORTING
                 TO THE  CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES



     I was honored to have  the gracious invitation of the Nordic Council

of Auditors to discuss the  role of the Comptroller General of the United

States and the work of the United States General Accounting  Office.  I

was doubly pleased to respond positively  to the invitation extended by my

good friend, Lars Breie, the Auditor General  of Norway, whom I have come to

know well through our participation on the Governing  Board of the Interna-

tional Organization of Supreme Audit  Institutions.  I am pleased also that

it provides me with an opportunity to visit  again with my many friends from

the Nordic countries.  As an added dividend, my wife  and I have long looked

forward to a visit to Norway, the only Scandinavian  country which we have

not had an opportunity to visit.

     As a preface to my remarks on the role of the  Comptroller General of

the United States and the work of the General Accounting  Office, I believe

it is accurate to say that the role of Auditors General  throughout the

world has undergone many new challenges in recent years.  These  challenges

will continue in large part from the expansion of governmental  activities.

The increasing intervention of government into the  lives of individuals and

organizations, and the changing subject matter with which  auditors deal as

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