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113595 1 (1980-10-07)

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       J:ONGRESSIONAL  OVERSIGHT:   REALITY AND REFORM
                                                                113595
                             BY

                        HARRY S.  HAVENS*

                 PREPARED FOR DELIVERY  AT THE

                    NATIONAL CONFERENCE  ON

                         PREVENTION  OF

                    FRAUD, WASTE  AND ABUSE

                    UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

     GRADUATE  SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND  INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS


                        OCTOBER  7, 1980



      It  is hardly novel to suggest  that congress  has the

responsibility  to oversee the  execution of the  laws it passes,

that this  responsibility is  important and that Congress  can--

and should--carry  it out more  effectively.  This  argument

has been made  so often, in so many  forums, over  so many years,

that one  could write a long  book just reviewing  the evolution

of the argument.

      I do  not propose to recount  that history  because its

mere existence  raises a much  more interesting question.   If




*The author is Assistant Comptroller General for Program Evaluation of the
U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C. The views expressed
are those of the author and do not necessarily represent official positions
of the U.S. General Accounting Office.

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