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             United States General Accounting Office
                     Washington, D.C. 20548


                                          FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                          Expected at 1:30 P.M., DST
                                          Friday, June 26, 1981


                          STATEMENT OF

                  WILLIAM J. ANDERSON, DIRECTOR

                  GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION

                           BEFORE THE

                   SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE COURTS

                SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

                             ON THE

           FEDERAL JUDICIARY'S COURT REPORTING SYSTEM


Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee we appreciate the

opportunity to testify before you today on our review of the

Federal Judiciary's court reporting system. Although we have not

finalized our report, we have completed the fieldwork which gives

us the opportunity to discuss the problems we found and the

actions needed to correct them.

     Although the Federal Judiciary is satisfied that court pro-

ceedings are being recorded properly and transcripts are being

prepared accurately by its court reporters, the activities of

court reporters are being carried out in a questionable fashion

in many cases. We noted that Federal court reporters are

      (1) engaging in a general pattern of overcharging litigants
         for transcripts;                                 II



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