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Statistical Agencies: Statutory Requirements Affecting Government Policies and Programs

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 17, 1996
Report No. GGD-96-106
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Summary:

GAO was asked to provide a list of legislatively mandated reports that statistical agencies are to produce for Congress on a regular basis and the statutory authority for the reports. The information was requested to assist congressional consideration of proposals to consolidate statistical agencies. This report provides a listing of authorizing statutes establishing the agencies and confidentiality or disclosure provisions for the 11 principal statistical agencies, a listing of these agencies' mandated reporting requirements to Congress, and a listing of the uses of the agencies' statistical products in the administration of federal programs.

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