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094555 1 (1973-03-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxnm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States GenerUl Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 A.M. EST March 28, 1973 STATEMENT OF ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON COST GROWTH IN MAJOR WEAPON SYSTEMS YM. Chairman and Members of the Committee: We appear this morning at your request to discuss our report, Cost Growth in Major Weapon Systems, which was prepared in response to your request of June 21, 1972. / For 4 years we have been providing the Arned Services and the Appropriations Committees with (1) staff studies on specific weapon programs and (2) annual evaluations of the overall process of weapons acquisition so that they will have reliable information to carry out oversight and legislative duties. We share the deep concern of the Congress with the problem of the escalating cost of weapons. In the summer of 1969 we advised you that we were establishing a special group in our Defense Division to deal with major weapon system acquisition problems. About a year ago, we established a separate division to better coordinate all our procurement and systems acquisition work. To date, most of our reviews have been on weapon systems, but we are beginning to cover civil systems as well. We have also been broadening the base of our competence by selectively acquiring a wide range of disciplines in our technical staff. ~r~6?7 QL/56

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