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                ADDRESS BY.

             ELMER B. STAATS

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

                 TO THE

             ASSOCIATION OF    d

          FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS

                   ON


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    GAO EFFORTS RELATED TO

FRAUD, ABUSE pND MISMANAGEMENT

     IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS

        MAY 23, 1979


     I appreciate the invitation to be with you today to discuss

GAO's efforts to prevent fraud in Government programs.

     As many of you know, in a September 1978 report entitled,

Federal Agencies Can Do More to Combat Fraud in Government

Programs, we pointed out that no one knows the magnitude of fraud

and abuse against the Government.  It is hidden within legitimate

undertakings, and usually goes unreported and undetected.  However,

all indications are that fraud is a problem of critical proportions.

     Order of magnitude data on waste -in--Government-is even-more

difficult to develop.  First of all, when people talk


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