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O'Neill TITLE AVP Senior Compliance Officer EX-99.77B ACCT LTTR 2 ltdireport.htm ACCOUNTANT LETTER




Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
Delaware Group Limited-Term Government Funds

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Delaware Group Limited-Term
Government Funds (the "Trust") as of and for the year ended December 31, 2009, in accordance with the
standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Trust's
internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for
designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements
and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such
opinion.

The management of the Trust is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over
financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to
assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls.  A company's internal control over financial
reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.  A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those
policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately
and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable
assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the
company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the
company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use or disposition of a company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect
misstatements.  Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk
that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance
with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does
not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to
prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis.  A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of
deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a
material misstatement of the company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or
detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose
described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that
might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States).  However, we noted no deficiencies in the Trust's internal control over financial
reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities that we consider to be a
material weakness as defined above as of December 31, 2009.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of the
Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by
anyone other than these specified parties.

							Ernst & Young, LLP

February 19, 2010
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania








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EX-99.77Q1 OTHR EXHB 3 ltdiexhibti77q.htm EXHIBIT LETTER
DELAWARE GROUP LIMITED-TERM GOVERNMENT FUNDS

Registration No. 811-03363
FORM N-SAR
Annual Period Ended December 31, 2009


SUB-ITEM 77Q.1: Exhibits

Exhibit	Reference

77.Q.1	Certificate of Amendment to Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Delaware
Group Limited-Term Government Funds dated August 18, 2009, attached as
Exhibit.
EX-99.77C VOTES 4 ltdicertofamend.htm CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENTS
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
DELAWARE GROUP LIMITED-TERM GOVERNMENT FUNDS

         The undersigned Trustees of Delaware Group Limited-Term Government Funds, a
Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"), constituting a majority of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, do
hereby certify that pursuant to the authority granted to the Trustees in Article VIII, Section 5 of the
Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Trust made as of December 17, 1998, as amended to date
(the "Declaration of Trust"), the Declaration of Trust is hereby amended as follows:

	FIRST.	ARTICLE III, Section 6(b) is amended by replacing the first paragraph with the
following:

	(b) Liabilities Held with Respect to a Particular Series.  The assets of the Trust held with respect
to each particular Series shall be charged against the liabilities of the Trust held with respect to that
Series and all expenses, costs, charges, and reserves attributable to that Series, and any liabilities,
expenses, costs, charges and reserves of the Trust which are not readily identifiable as being held with
respect to any particular Series (collectively, "General Liabilities") shall be allocated and charged by the
Board of Trustees to and among any one or more of the Series in such manner and on such basis as the
Board of Trustees in its sole discretion deems fair and equitable.  The liabilities, expenses, costs,
charges and reserves so charged to a Series are herein referred to as "liabilities held with respect to"
that Series.  Each allocation of liabilities, expenses, costs, charges and reserves by the Board of
Trustees shall be conclusive and binding upon the Shareholders of all Series for all purposes.  All
Persons who have extended credit which has been allocated to a particular Series, or who have a claim
or contract which has been allocated to any particular Series, shall look exclusively to the assets of that
particular Series for payment of such credit, claim, or contract.  In the absence of an express contractual
agreement so limiting the claims of such creditors, claimants and contract providers, each creditor,
claimant and contract provider will be deemed nevertheless to have impliedly agreed to such limitation
unless an express provision to the contrary has been incorporated in the written contract or other
document establishing the claimant relationship.

	SECOND.	This Certificate of Amendment may be signed in one or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.




         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Trustees have duly executed this Certificate
of Amendment as of the 18th day of August, 2009.


PATRICK P. COYNE
Patrick P. Coyne, Trustee

ANN R. LEVEN
Ann R. Leven, Trustee

THOMAS L. BENNETT
Thomas L. Bennett, Trustee

THOMAS F. MADISON
Thomas F. Madison, Trustee

JOHN A. FRY
John A. Fry, Trustee

JANET L. YEOMANS
Janet L. Yeomans, Trustee

ANTHONY D. KNERR
Anthony D. Knerr, Trustee

J. RICHARD ZECHER
J. Richard Zecher, Trustee

LUCINDA S. LANDRETH
Lucinda S. Landreth, Trustee


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