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                                                                  094435
                               ADDRESS BY

              THE CONPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

                             EL4ER B. STAATS

                               BEFORE THE

                     FINANCIAL MANAGEMiT  ROUIDTABLE               Y I

                             MARCH 11, 1971


          ISSUES FACING FINANCIAL MANKAGERS IN THE SEVENTIES



     My remarks today might well be described as problems for the Seventies

left over from the-Sixties as well as the problems emerging for the Seventies.

As financial managers, we find ourselves in the position of the Members of

Congress who have been advised by President Nixon that they have a long

list of unfinished legislation carried over from the 91st Congress that

must be acted upon in the 92nd Congress.

     Furthermore, the legislative and national policy problems that are

going to be acted upon by the 92nd Congress and its successor Congresses

during the Seventies will in turn create new and challenging problems to

be solved by the financial managers in the Seventies.  There is a real

possibility, if not the certainty, that many new programs will be created

requiring tremendous financial management attention.  There is also the

likelihood of certain major reorganizations within the Federal Government

that will create acute problems for financial managers.  As many of you

know from your experiences, the budgeting, accounting, and reporting prob-

lems are usually complex when agencies are merged with other agencies, or

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