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094582 1 (1974-06-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxnx0001 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. Wednesday, June 19, 1974 STATEMENT OF ELMER B. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS ON EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN CONGRESSIONAL INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES Mr. Chairman and Members of the Joint Committee: I appreciate being invited to testify on the work we have done and what we plan to do to fulfill our responsibilities under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970. My comments today will concentrate on our review and evaluation of the results of Government programs and activities, and our cooperative work with the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of the Treasury to improve congressional access to fiscal, budgetary and program- related data and the usefulness of that data to the Congress. I will also comment on some of our plans for carrying out our responsibilities under H.R. 7130 if that bill is enacted into law. Increases in GAO's capability to do program evaluation work We have been devoting a substantial amount of our effort to examining the results of Government programs, as required by section 204 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970. Section 204 did not increase our authority for such work since the full scope of our audit responsibility 7c~'L -7q 6 - q - ?,/ (/,/ /

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