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Consumer Product Safety Commission: Better Data Needed to Help Identify and Analyze Potential Hazards

T-HEHS-98-23 Published: Oct 23, 1997. Publicly Released: Oct 23, 1997.
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GAO discussed the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) procedures to protect consumers from unreasonable risk of injuries, focusing on CPSC's project selection, use of cost-benefit analysis and risk assessment, and information release procedures.

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Business Regulation and Consumer Protection
Consumer protectionCost effectiveness analysisData collectionGovernment information disseminationManagement information systemsProduct safetySafety regulationStatistical methodsRisk assessmentConsumer products