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GGD-81-32 1 (1981-03-03)

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    Report To The Chairman,

    Joint Economic Committee




    OF THE UNITED STATES


    The Trucking Industry's

    Federal Paperwork Burden

    Should Be Reduced


The Department of Transportation can use its high-
way safety information more effectively by summa-
rizing available data and conducting followup sur-
veys to assess the need for, or value of, required
paperwork. For example, the truckers' Driver's
Daily Log creates millions of pieces of paper each
year but has not been evaluated to determine
whether companies which have repeated violations
are taking corrective action.

The Interstate Commerce Commission should
strengthen its paperwork management controls.
GAO found that the Commission (1) submitted re-
quirements to GAO for approval which were either
inaccurate or incomplete and occasionally collected
unauthorized data, (2) delayed action to elimi-
nate one requirement which cost business about
164,000 staff hours annually, (3) could reduce the
paperwork burden on business by at least 218,800
hours annually by eliminating or revising another
major requirement, and (4) delayed or disapproved
without adequate justification implementation of
certain recommendations for paperwork reduction.

This report, the second in a series on paperwork
burden imposed on segments of American business,
contains recommendations to both agencies to im-
prove management of their programs.
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    GGD-81-32
MARCH 3, 1981

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