Foreign Direct Investment. Review of Commerce Department Reports and Data-Sharing Activities.

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Abstract:

This is General Accounting Offices GAO final report responding to a requirement under the Foreign Direct Investment and International Financial Data Improvements Act of 1990 Public Law 101-533 that we analyze the Secretary of Commerces first three annual reports on foreign direct investment in the United States FDIUS and review federal government efforts to improve the quality of foreign direct investment FDI data. Specifically, GAOs objectives were to 1 assess the extent to which Commerces second and third report-issued in 1993 and 1995-fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 act and addressed the recommendations in our 1992 report 2 review the process by which federal agencies collect FDI data 3 review the status and processes of the data exchanges, or links, initiated by the 1990 act between the Commerce Departments Bureau of Economic Analysis BEA and its Bureau of the Census and between BEA and the Labor Departments Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS and 4 evaluate the extent to which implementation of the act has brought about the intended improvements in public information on FDI in the United States.

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Author Organization(s):
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIV
Pagination:
0043

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
GAO/GGD-95-242
Monitor Series:
XD
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.2.3_Core Enterprise Services; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_5.2.3_Share Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_6.2_Enterprise Services; JCA_5.6.3_Assess Achievement of Objectives; JCA_5.6_Monitor; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_5.3.4_Develop Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.5_Analyze Courses of Action; JCA_5.5.1_Communicate Intent and Guidance; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_8.2_Shape
Modernization Areas:
AI and Machine Learning
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
*UNITED STATES, *COMMERCE, *FOREIGN, *INVESTMENTS, REQUIREMENTS, INDUSTRIES, ECONOMICS, QUALITY, LIMITATIONS, PUBLIC RELATIONS, DATA LINKS, COLLECTION, LEGISLATION, FINANCE, FACTOR ANALYSIS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Economics and Cost Analysis, Government and Political Science
Keyword(s):
GAO REPORTS, FDI(FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT), BEA(BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS), BLA(BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS), FDIUS(FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE US), SIC(STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION)
Report Date:
1995 Sep 01