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Report: Overcoming Obstacles to Measuring Compliance: Practices in Selected Federal Agencies

Report #2007-P-00027, June 20, 2007

What Was Found

Federal regulatory agencies with missions and obstacles similar to EPA use statistical methods to generate compliance information.

Report Materials

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Report At A Glance (PDF)(1 pg, 44 K)
Full Report (PDF)(36 pp, 288 K)