United States. Cangress. Serate. Committee &o, Govermen on Governmental Efficienc tal Affairs. Subcommittee. NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL EFFICIENCY AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION APRIL 11, 21, 25, AND NOVEMBER 9 AND 19, 1977 Printed for the use of the Committee on Governmental Affairs 21-980 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1978 I G6735 1977a COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, Connecticut, Chairman JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas JIM SASSER, Tennessee CHARLES H. PERCY, Illinois WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., Delaware TED STEVENS, Alaska CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland H. JOHN HEINZ III, Pennsylvania RICHARD A. WEGMAN, Chief Counsel and Staff Director PAUL HOFF, Counsel ELI E. NOBLEMAN, Counsel CLAUDE E. BARFIELD, Professional Staff CLAUDIA T. INGRAM, Professional Staff Member ELLEN S. MILLER, Professional Staff Member JAMES M. GRAHAM, Counsel (Regulatory ETHEL Z. GEISINGER, Special Assistant MARILYN A. HARRIS, Executive Administrator and Professional Staff Member JOHN B. CHILDERS, Chief Counsel to the Minority GOVERNMENTAL EFFICIENCY AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri, Chairman JAMES R. SASSER, Tennessee CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland HADLEY R. ROFF, Staff Director sapit Henry Eschwege, Director, Community and Economic Development Divi- sion, General Accounting Office; accompanied by Joseph P. Rother, Jr., Assistant Director, Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Morton Solomon, Audit Manager... Victor E. Millar, Arthur Andersen & Co., systems division; accompanied by Ronald A. Gawrych, audit division; and Richard C. LaVelle, admin- Samuel H. Weese, general manager, National Flood Insurers Association_ Robert M. Raziano, vice president, Bradford National Corp.; accom- panied by James T. Batridge, professional consultant; James M. Sheehan, Henry Eschwege, Director, Community and Economic Development Divi- sion, U.S. General Accounting Office; accompanied by Morton Solomon, auditor, U.S. General Accounting Office- Charles L. Dempsey, Acting Inspector General, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; accompanied by Ruth Prokop, Gen- eral Counsel; Robert E. Hudak, Assistant Inspector General; Edward W. Norton, Deputy General Counsel; Dave Niemiec, audit manager; J. Robert Hunter, Deputy Federal Insurance Administrator, Department of Housing and Urban Development; accompanied by Kathleen H. Sauerbrunn, Associate General Counsel for Regulatory Programs... - - Samuel H. Weese, General Manager, National Flood Insurers Association; 56 87 |