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094597 1 (1974-01-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxoh0001 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. EDST THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1974 STATEMENT OF PHILLIP S. HUGHES ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ENERGY DATA COLLECTION IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNME B SUBCOMMITTEE ON ACTIVITIES OF REGULATORY AGENCIES RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS OF THE (16 C1( HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS I am pleased to appear before your Subcommittee to discuss energy data collection in the Federal Government. The events of the last year which made us all aware of the national energy problem are also making us aware of the need for the best possible information upon which to base both public and private decisions. The cutoff of oil imports accelerated the need for fuel allocation programs; voluntary curtailment of fuel consumption is being sought; and serious consideration now is being given to the rationing of gasoline. The need to take and consider such serious steps has resulted in substantial concern in and out of Government about the data on which the Government is basing its decisions and about the system under which such data is being collected. The General Accounting Office is in the process of completing a U tudy of problems in energy data collection in the Federal Government made at the request of the Chairman, Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. We are not yet in a position to set forth conclusions #~tfr~7 ______

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