Exhibit o(ii) under Form N-1A
Exhibit 24 under Item 601/ Reg. S-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
the Secretary and Assistant Secretaries of FEDERATED FUND FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT
SECURITIES, INC. and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for them and in their
names, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all documents
to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, by means of the Securities and Exchange Commission's
electronic disclosure system known as EDGAR; and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to sign and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE
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/S/ WILLIAM D. DAWSON, III Chief Investment Officer May 15, 2000
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William D. Dawson, III
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15TH day of MAY, 2000
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/S/ JANICE L. VANDENBERG
Janice L. Vandenberg
Notarial Seal
Janice L. Vandenberg, Notary Public
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
My Commission Expire July 4, 2002
Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries
