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

                                           FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
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                                           Tuesday, July 24, 1979
      109968
                           STATEMENT OF
                           ELMER B. STAATS
             COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES   .
                            BEFORE THE
                 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS          9/I
                       UNITED STATES SENATE
                                ON
             / VERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERJ


    Mr. Chairman:

         I am pleased to be asked to participate in the Senate

    Committee on Governmental Affairs oversight hearings on the

    Department of Energy (DOE). GAO has followed the activities

    of the Department closely since its creation in October 1977.

         The Department of Energy Organization Act requires

    that GAO study existing statutes and regulations governing

    DOE programs; review DOEs policies and practices; evaluate

    the procedures followed in gathering, analyzing, and interpret-

    ing all types of energy statistics, data, and intormation;

    and evaluate particular projects or programs. This mandate,

t • and the broad authority contained in the 1975 Energy Policy

    and Conservation Act providing GAO direct access to the

    books and records of private energy companies which furnish

    information to the Federal Government for purposes of energy ,4

    verification audits, are illustrative of congressional in-

    terest in our work in the energy area.            '.       .     C

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