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Budget and Spending: Budget Estimates for Fiscal Year 1983

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 9, 1982
Report No. 119426
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Summary:

In testimony before a congressional subcommittee, GAO discussed its request for fiscal 1982 supplemental and fiscal 1983 budget funding in terms of its responsibility to assist Congress in reducing Federal spending and evaluating Federal programs. GAO has made new initiatives in these areas including the establishment of: (1) a special defense budget task force to monitor how the Department of Defense spends the additional moneys appropriated to it by Congress; (2) a multiyear plan for auditing the new block grant programs passed by Congress; and (3) new program evaluation guidelines. GAO believes that proper funding will improve its recommendations followup procedures and ensure organizational stability and employee training, which are necessary to its Congressional support function.

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