FIRST INVESTORS GOVERNMENT FUND INC, 497J, 2000-02-02

FIRST INVESTORS GOVERNMENT FUND INC
497J, 2000-02-02

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FIRST INVESTORS GOVERNMENT FUND, INC.
95 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(212) 858-8126



                                                                February 2, 2000




Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC 20549

            Re:  First Investors Government Fund, Inc.
                  File Nos. 2-89287 and 811-3967

Gentlemen:

      Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the
"Act"), First Investors Government Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") hereby certifies:

      (1) The form of Prospectus  and Statement of Additional  Information  that
would have been filed under Rule 497(c) of the Act would not have  differed from
that  contained in  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 23 to the Fund's  Registration
Statement,  the most recent Post-Effective  Amendment filed with the Commission;
and

      (2) The text of Post-Effective  Amendment No. 23 was filed  electronically
with the Commission.

                                    Very truly yours,

                                    FIRST INVESTORS GOVERNMENT
                                    FUND, INC.



                                    By:   /s/ C. Durso
                                          ---------------------------
                                          C. Durso, Vice President