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          United States General Accounting Office
                  Washington, D.C. 20548


                                    For Release on Delivery
                                    Expected at 10:00 a.m.
                                    July 1, 1970

                       STATEMENT OF
 ELMER B. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                        BEFORE THE
           SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMY IN GOVERNMENT 7 7/
       Ci --     JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE


Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:
     As requested in your letter of June 1970, my statement
today will cover certain matters as they relate to:

     --inventory practices with respect to Government-owned
       automatic data processing (ADP) equipment, including
       equipment furnished to contractors, and

     --the need for procurement specifications which will
       afford free and full competition to all qualified
       potential bidders, including the small manufacturers
       of peripheral equipment.

     The United States Government is the world's largest
user of automatic data processing equipment. Billions of
dollars have already been invested by Federal agencies in
efforts to develop and install computers and computer sys-
tems for use in Government operations.
     The number of electronic computers in use by Govern-
ment agencies has increased greatly in recent years. These
computers have doubled in numbers and cost since 1965. The
number of Government computers in use has increased from

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