INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Federated U.S.
Government Bond Fund:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements
of Federated U.S. Government Bond Fund (the "Fund") for the year
ended August 31, 2000, (on which we have issued our report dated
October 13, 2000), we considered its internal control, including
control activities for safeguarding securities, in order to
determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing
our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, and not to provide assurance on the
Fund's internal control.
The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility,
estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls. Generally,
controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's
objective of preparing financial statements for external purposes
that are fairly presented in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Those controls include the safeguarding of assets against
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control,
misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be
detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of internal
control to future periods are subject to the risk that the
internal control may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions or that the degree of compliance with policies or
procedures may deteriorate.
Our consideration of the Fund's internal control would not
necessarily disclose all matters in internal control that might
be material weaknesses under standards established by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A material
weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of one
or more of the internal control components does not reduce to a
relatively low level the risk that misstatements due to error or
fraud in amounts that would be material in relation to the
financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected
within a timely period by employees in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no
matters involving the Fund's internal control and its operation,
including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider
to be material weaknesses as defined above as of August 31, 2000.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management, the Trustees and Shareholders of Federated U.S.
Government Bond Fund, and the Securities and Exchange Commission
and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other
than these specified parties.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
October 13, 2000
