Surface Transportation: Improvements in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Commodity Flow Survey

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' and Bureau of Census's mandatory Commodity Flow Survey's burden on the private sector, particularly small businesses, focusing on the: (1) data the survey collects and the requirements the survey places on respondents; (2) actions the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the Census Bureau have taken and plan to take to reduce the survey's reporting burden; and (3) public and private sector organizations' uses for the information that is reported from the survey.