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

                                          FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                          EXPECTED AT 10:00 A.M.
                                          TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1981

                        STATEMENT OF

               DONALD L. SCANTLEBURY, DIRECTOR

         ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION

         AND CHIEF ACCOUNTANT OF THE UNITED STATES

                 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         BEFORE

         THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

            ON THE NEED TO PREVENT FRAUD AGAINST

                   THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT



    I am pleased to be with you today to discuss (he serious pro-  C'z

blem of fraud against the Government and how it can be prevented.

Since the beginning of calendar year 1979 we have had a 3-pronged

effort underway to help prevent fraud against the Government.

    The first of these efforts, and probably the most well known,

is our operation of a nation-wide, toll-free hotline which can

be used by citizens anywhere in the country to report instances

of fraud in Federal programs. So far, we have referred almost

6,000 allegations for agency follow up.

    Our second effort, vulnerability assessments, is an evaluation

of the susceptibility of agencies and their programs to fraud and

abuse. In doing our vulnerability assessments, we test the


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