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GGD-79-17 1 (1979-05-25)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL


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LM109523


Report To The Congress


OF THE UNITED STATES






After Six Years, Legal

Obstacles Continue To Restrict

Government Use Of The Standard

Statistical Estabshment List



The Bureau of the Census has developed the
Standard Statistical  Establishment  List,  a
comprehensive  list  of  businesses  in  the
United States. Many Federal  statistical
agencies could use such information. But
confidentiality  laws  prevent  the  Census
Bureau from sharing List information with
other agencies.


Amendments to     these laws would    help
improve the quality and comparability of
economic statistics and   reduce business
response burden from numerous Federal sta-
tistical surveys.    /+ (' -600) o6

Because some of the List data comes from
the Internal Revenue Service,the Treasury
Department has reservations about using tax
information for statistical purposes. How-
ever, the Commerce Department plans to
introduce proposals for changes to the confi-
dentiality laws and GAO recommends favor-
able congressional consideration.


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   GGD-79-17
MAY 25, 1979


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