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120594 1 (1983-02-15)

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                  U. S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                      WASHINGTON, D. C.  20548


                                         FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                         Expected at 2:00 p.m.
                                         February 15, 1983




                            STATEMENT OF

                          HARRY S. HAVENS

                  ASSISTANT  COMPTROLLER GENERAL

                                FOR

                        PROGRAM  EVALUATION

                             BEFORE THE

               SUBCOMMITTEE ON  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

           COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS  AND TRANSPORTATION

                     HOUSE OF  REPRESENTATIVES

                                ON

        THEI EFFECTIVENESS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS





Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:

     We are pleased to be here  today to describe the results of

our analysis of the effectiveness of economic  development pro-

grams.  Past attempts to measure job creation  through the conven-

tional case study approach  involved a highly subjective jpb

counting process.  Results varied from one  agency or program to

the next depending on one's definition of  a new job, and the

approach failed to sort out job creation  associated with Federal





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