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094502 1 (1972-05-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxmk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10 a.m. EDT Tuesday, May 16, 1972 STATEMENT OF ROBERT F. KELLER DEPUTY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE FOREIGN OPERATIONS AND GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SUBCOMMITTEE, 'I OF THEjfF COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee: We are appearing in response to your request for our views on the Ldifficulty of the General Accounting Office in obtaining information from the executive departments and agencies7. One of the most important duties of GAO is to make independent reviews of agency operations and programs and to report to the Congress on the manner in which Federal departments and agencies carry out their responsibilities. The Congress, in establishing GAO, recognized that the Office would need to have complete access to the records of the Federal agencies and provided that basic authority in section 313 of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 53, 54), as follows: All departments and establishments shall furnish to the Comptroller General such information regarding the powers, duties, activities, organization, financial transactions, and methods of business of their respective offices as he may from time to time require of them; and the Comptroller General, or any of his assistants or employees, when duly authorized by him, shall, for the purpose of securing such information, have access to and the right to examine any books, documents, papers, or records of any such department or establishment. Jo~s I __)_? __

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