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109594 1 (1979-06-06)

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


                                    FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                    EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. EDT
                                    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1979


                      STATEMENT OF

                    ELMER B. STAATS

        COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES


                       BEFORE THE                 00

              THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE [110

                  UNITED STATES CONGRESS

                            ON

             THE/$iED TO IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY

        TO REDUCE FRAUD AND MISMANAGEMENT AND IMPROVE

            PRODUCTIVITY IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

INTRODUCTION

     Mr. Chairman, we are here today at your request to discuss

the important topics in your letter of May 22, 1979. Specifically,

I will discuss the problems of fraud, mismanagement, particularly

in the area of financial management, and the need to improve produc-

tivity in carrying out Federal programs. We in GAO believe that

these issues are related in that it is in the absence of account-

ability that fraud, mismanagement, and declining productivity can

continue unchallenged.





                     109594

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