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4 Key Points from the Presentations: Directions for the Future
Pages 39-42

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... , there was a significant amount of interagency business data sharing. Most Census Bureau and BEA access to tax return data was granted under Internal Revenue Code Title 26, Section 6103; more modest data sharing among BEA, the Census Bureau, and BLS was authorized by the International Investment and Trade in Services Act of 1990.
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From page 40...
... , perhaps in time for the 2007 economic censuses. Although the current business comparison project will yield a substantial amount of information about current differences, BLS and the Census Bureau presented no plans on how this information might be used to develop a unified business register (because of problems with various state laws, it may be necessary for BLS to maintain a separate national register as the sample frame for its establishment surveys)
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... New price indexes to measure royalties and license fees in international transactions could also be created from revenue data shared by BEA. The agreements between BLS and the Census Bureau authorize sharing of the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data for use by the Census Bureau Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics program, as well as use of the Census Bureau Business Register by the BLS producer price index program to facilitate more efficient sampling.
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... She added that the agency would quickly utilize information on the sources of differences between the Census Bureau and BLS data from any comparison work -- for example, from a partial comparison of the business registers, even short of movement to a single list. Marcuss added that advice from important data users -- particularly policy makers in the administration and Congress, and businesses -- on where the greatest weaknesses exist would continue to serve as valuable input.
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