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                  UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                          WASHINGTON, D.C.   20548


                                                 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                                 EXPECTED AT 10 A.M. EDST
                                                 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1974

                               STATEMENT OF
                             PHILLIP S. HUGHES
           ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                                ON S. 2782
       A BILL TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL ENERGY INFORMATION SYSTEM
                                BEFORE THE
              COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
                         UNITED STATES SENATE

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:

     In a letter dated April 6, 1973, you requested that the General

Accounting Office undertake a study to determine the feasibility of

establishing, either within the Executive or Legislative Branches, a

data bank which would provide current information, independently developed

or verified, on the energy supply and demand picture. We are pleased

to be here today to report our findings and to assist the Committee in any

way that we can in its examination of energy data problems.

     While this statement summarizes our findings, a more detailed report
is attached. We believe the more detailed material will be useful to the

Committee and suggest that it be included in the record following this

statement for possible reference. I also wish to call the Committee's

attention to the chart on the easel before you showing, for major energy
sources and twelve identified data categories, the agencies collecting data

and the sources of the data. The size and complexity of the chart is


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