About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

113277 1 (1980-08-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadyov0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 




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

                    FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                    EXPECTED AT 10:00 A.M.
                    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1980


                             STATEMENT OF

                             ELMER B. STAATS,

                          COMPTROLLER GENERAL                 113277

                          OF THE UNITED STATES

      BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY

                  COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

                       HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

          CONCERNING H.R. 7893, A BILL TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE

             OF INSPECTOR GENERAL IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF DEFENSE,

             JUSTICE, STATE AND TREASURY AND IN THE INTERNATIONAL

                     DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY


   Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

        I appreciate the opportunity to appear before the Subcommittee

   to present the views of the General Accounting Office on' the

SH provisions of H.R. 7893 that would, establish Offices of :nspector

   General in the Departments of Defense, Justice, Treasury, State

   and in the International Development Cooperation Agency.

        The General Accounting Office strongly supported passage of

   the 1978 Inspector General Act and other legislation which

   has centralized internal audit and investigative activities

   under Inspectors General in 15 major departments and agencies.

   We supported such legislation because we believe that it:

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most