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


110918


FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
EXPECTED AT 9:30 a.m.
November 15, 1979


              Statement of

              Elmer B. Staats

Comptroller General of the United States
               before the

   Subcommittee on Rules of the House

           Committee on Rules

        House of Representatives


               Assuring Program Accountability



     I am pleased to appear before you today to discuss

existing and potential mechanisms by which the Congress can

assure program accountability, including the role of the

General Accounting Office as an agent of the Congress in the

control of administrative actions. The growth in the size

and complexity of the functions and activities of our Govern-

ment over-,the past few decades has made the search for ways

to better assure program accountability an important objective

of the Congress, the President, public administrators, the

GAO, indeed, everyone interested in administrative reform.

The goal of improving program accountability is and can be


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