COMPTROLLERS GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES and ASSISTANT COMPTROLLERS GENERAL OF THE The General Accounting Office is under the control and direction of the Comptroller General of the United States. There is also an Assistant Comptroller General of the United States who performs such duties as may be assigned to him by the Comptroller General and who acts as Comptroller General during the absence or incapacity of the Comptroller General, or during a vacancy in that office. The Comptroller General and the Assistant Comptroller General are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Contents Chapter Two-ASSISTANCE TO THE CONGRESS Cooperation with the Bureau of the Budget Aid to the Congress and its committees Offices of the Senate and the House of Representatives Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Committees on Government Operations Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs Committees on Post Office and Civil Service Chapter Three-ASSISTANCE TO THE AGENCIES-Continued Agency programs for improving financial management . General Accounting Office Policy and Procedures Manual for Accounting principles and standards Assistance in the application of accounting principles and Automatic data processing in the Federal Government Chapter Four-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION Department of Agriculture Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and Com- . Agricultural Research Service . 91 Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Small Business Administration . Chapter Six―DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-Continued Noncompetitive procurement Federal Catalog System Defense contracts Page 94 97 99 101 102 Chapter Seven-DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND WATER RE SOURCES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Bureau of Mines Office of Coal Research. Geological Survey Alaska Railroad. 121 122 122 123 124 125 129 129 130 130 131 139 139 139 140 140 143 143 144 144 146 146 148 148 149 Department of the Interior-Continued Office of Saline Water Bureau of Reclamation. Corps of Engineers (Civil Functions). Interrelated Water Resources Development Programs of the Department of the Interior, the Corps of Engineers (Civil Functions), and the U.S. Study Commission-Texas Page 149 150 150 151 151 152 153 153 155 155 155 156 158 158 159 161 164 165 168 171 171 171 172 176 Chapter Nine-DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES. Department of State. Agency for International Development Economic and technical assistance program for Korea. Other State Department activities. Administration and utilization of U.S.-owned foreign curren- United States Information Agency. |