February 21, 1997
Delaware Group Government Fund, Inc.
Supplement to Prospectus dated September 30, 1996
The following replaces the portfolio manager information
under Management of the Fund in the Prospectus:
Paul Grillo, Vice President/Portfolio Manager of Delaware
Group Government Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), has primary
responsibility for making day-to-day investment decisions for the
Fund. Mr. Grillo assumed such responsibility on February 21,
1997. Mr. Grillo holds a BA in Business Management from North
Carolina State University and an MBA in Finance from Pace
University. Prior to joining the Delaware Group in 1993, Mr.
Grillo served as mortgage strategist and trader at the Dreyfus
Corporation. He also served as a mortgage strategist and
portfolio manager for the Chemical Investment Group and as
financial analyst at the Chemical Bank. Mr. Grillo is a CFA
charterholder.
In making investment decisions for the Fund, Mr. Grillo
consults regularly with Paul E. Suckow and Roger A. Early. Mr.
Suckow is Executive Vice President/Chief Investment Officer,
Fixed Income of the Fund. He is CFA charterholder and a graduate
of Bradley University with an MBA from Western Illinois
University. Mr. Suckow was a fixed-income portfolio manager at
the Delaware Group from 1981 to 1985. He returned to the
Delaware Group in 1993 after eight years with Oppenheimer
Management Corporation where he served as Executive Vice
President and Director of Fixed Income. Mr. Early was the Fund's
Portfolio Manager from July 18, 1994 to the date of this
supplement. While continuing in the capacity as consultant to
the Fund, going forward, Mr. Early will be devoting more of his
time to other advisory tasks on behalf of Delaware Management
Company, Inc. Mr. Early has an undergraduate degree in economics
from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and an MBA
in finance and accounting from the University of Pittsburgh. He
is also a CPA and a CFA charterholder. Prior to joining the
Delaware Group, Mr. Early was a portfolio manager for Federated
Investment Counseling's fixed-income group, with over $1 billion
in assets.
