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                  THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

                                   BEFORE THE

                         20TH ANNUAL NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

                   FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANTS ASSOCIATION

                                  JUNE 2d, 1971

                                WASHINGTON, D. C.


                   CREATIVE THINKING IN FINANCIAL MANLGEMENT



     As most of you know by now, the General Accounting Office observed

its 50th anniversary this month.  In commemorating this milestone --

important especially to the Federal Government, the Congress, and to the

taxpayers who provide the public funds for government operations -- we

have paid traditional respect to GAO's accomplishments which, let me say

without going into detail, have been considerable.  But the GAO, like any

other organization, cannot rest on its laurels.  Accordingly, the events

through which we observed GAO's half century of service, were coordinated,

as far as it was appropriate, to a central theme which we called improving

management for more effective government.

     I want to-emphasize the same theme to you all today on the occasion

of this 20th Annual National Symposium of the Federal Government Accountants

Association.  This, too, is an important milestone.  But our business

today is to look to the future while honoring the past.  Accordingly, my

theme this afternoon is built on the central message of improving

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