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             UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                       WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

                                             FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                             Expected at 2 P.M. EDT
                                             September 17, 1975

                            STATEMENT OF
    ELMER B STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                             BEFORE THE
            SUBCOMMITTEE ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
        COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, UNITED STATES SENATE
                               AND THE
       SUBCOMMITTEE ON PRIORITIES AND ECONOMY IN GOVERNMENT
                      JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
                                 ON
         CONTRACTORS' INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT


     Senator McIntyre, Senator Proxmire, and Members of the

Subcommittees:

     You asked us to appear before you today to present the

results of our study of contractors' independent research

and development (IR&D) and bid and proposal (B&P) costs.

As you know, the study was requested jointly by your chairmen,

and a report was issued on June 5, 1975.

     In March 1970 I testified on IR&D before the Research and

Development Subcommittee. At that time I stated that the

extent to which Government agencies should participate in

contractors' IR&D costs had been a matter of serious concern

within the executive branch for many years but no satisfactory

solution had been reached to the many problems involved. I

expressed the belief that the hearings would prove very helpful.

     Now, 5 years later, and in spite of the enactment of

legislation; increased regulation by the Department of Defense


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