NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

Funding for this project was provided by the National Science Foundation, the Bureau of the Census of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service Statistics of Income Division of the U.S. Department of Treasury, the National Institute on Aging of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Center for Education Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education, and, through their general contributions to the work of the Committee on National Statistics, several other federal agencies.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Panel on Confidentiality and Data Access (U.S.)

Private lives and public policies : confidentiality and accessibility of government statistics / Panel on Confidentiality and Data Access [of the] Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council and the Social Science Research Council.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Privacy, Right of—United States. 2. Public records—United States—Access control. 3. United States—Statistical services. I. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics. II. Social Science Research Council (U.S.) III. Title.

JC596.2.U5P36 1993

323.44'8-dc20 93-31312

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