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


                                      FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                      Expected at 9:00 a.m.
                                      Thursday, July 30, 1981


                        STATEMENT OF

                     CLIFFORD I. GOULD

                         DIRECTOR                     116005

        FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION

                         BEFORE THE

          SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

                             ON

      MANAGEMENT OF TRAVEL IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT



Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:

     I appreciate your invitation to appear before the Committee

today to discuss the management of travel within the Federal

Government.

     Travel is essential to effective administration of Govern-

ment programs. Yet, there is a general impression that the

Government spends too much on travel, and it is widely perceived

as an area of waste and inefficiency. Studies by GAO and others

have highlighted opportunities to reduce costs and stressed the

need to better manage travel. We believe that Federal managers

have focused too much attention on the accuracy of travel reim-

bursements after trips are made and not enough on reviewing


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