Condensed Statement of Net Cost  For fiscal years ended September 30, 2000 and 1999
Dollars in thousands			2000	1999
Net Costs by Program Area
	National Defense, Security and International Relations, and Other Related Issues
			$87,094	$84,942
	Financial Audits, Systems, Information Management, and Technology Issues
			83,159	83,620
	Energy, Agriculture, Environment, Housing, Transportation, and Natural Resources Issues
			75,927	73,815
	Justice, Tax Policy, Financial Institutions, and General Management Issues
			63,750	57,712
	Education and Employment, Health Care, and Income Security Issues
			58,989	55,115
	Legal Services		26,017	24,461
	Special Investigations and Investigative Support		6,275	6,288
	Senior management and staff		3,627	4,778
	Less reimbursable services not attributable to programs		(712)	(456)
Net Cost of Operations			$404,126	$390,275

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