July 31, 2007


Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549


ATTN:      Ms. Patsy Mengiste
           Document Control -- EDGAR

RE:        RiverSource Government Income Series, Inc.
                  RiverSource Short Duration U.S. Government Fund
                  RiverSource U.S. Government Mortgage Fund
           Post-Effective Amendment No. 44
           File Nos. 2-96512/811-4260
           Accession Number: 0000950137-07-010651

Dear Ms. Mengiste:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, please
accept this letter as certification that the prospectuses and Statement of
Additional Information for the above-referenced funds do not differ from that
contained in Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 (Amendment). This
Amendment was filed electronically on July 26, 2007.

If you have any questions regarding this filing, please contact either Anna
Butskaya at (612) 671-4993 or me at (612) 671-4321.

Sincerely,


/s/ Christopher O. Petersen
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     Christopher O. Petersen
     Vice President and Group Counsel
     Ameriprise Financial, Inc.