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Motor Vehicle Safety: Information on Recent Controversy Between NHTSA and Consumer Group

RCED-90-221 Published: Sep 27, 1990. Publicly Released: Nov 08, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed controversies and conflicts between a private consumer group and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), focusing on: (1) NHTSA closing of 25 safety-defect investigations; (2) proposals for judicial reviews of NHTSA decisions to deny petitions to open safety-defect investigations; (3) whether the group's allegations hindered NHTSA work performance or damaged public confidence in NHTSA; and (4) the group's sale of NHTSA information.

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Consumer protectionGovernment information disseminationInterest groupsInvestigations by federal agenciesJudicial reviewMotor vehicle safetyProduct recallsProposed legislationPublic relationsSafety regulation