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

                                      FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                      Expected at 11:00 a.m., EST
                                      Monday, December 4, 1978

                                                   LM107986
                      ELMER B. STAATS

          COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

                         BEFORE THE

                SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE

                SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

                           ON THE

              [U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

  SPECIAL TASK FORCE FOR THE PREVENTION OF FRAUD AND ABUSE7(0o


Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

     I am particularly pleased to be here today to discuss the

Special Task Force for the Prevention of Fraud and Abuse that

we recently established in the General Accounting Office. Our

recent report entitled Federal Agencies Can, and Should Do

More to Combat Fraud in Government Programs, which I discussed

in September before Senator Chiles' Subcommittee on Federal

Spending Practices and Open Government, emphasizes the need

for Federal agencies to prevent and detect fraud in their programs.

     I think you will agree that because of the press of

legislative responsibilities, the Congress generally does not

approach the oversight of Federal programs in methodical
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