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               United States General Accounting Office
                     Washington, D.C. 20548

                                     FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                     Expected at 10:00 a.m.
                                     Thursday, March 15, 1979
108915
                          STATEMENT OF

                          ELMER B. STAATS

            COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

                           BEFORE THE

                       COMMITTEE ON BUDGET

                       UNITED STATES SENATE

                              ON

                   LIAO EFFORTS RELATED TO

                FRAUD, ABUSE AND MISMANAGEMENT

                      IN FEDERAL PROGRAJ7


        Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, we appreciate

   the opportunity to appear here today to discuss GAO's ef-

   forts to prevent fraud in Government programs.

        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 legiti-

   mate undertakings, and usually goes unreported and undetect-

   ed. 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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