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

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazhw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Ioqsz 3 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. 109523 GGD-79-17 MAY 25, 1979 '1 Bu~o1,7