The Bureau shall carry out the following duties in addition to the functions specified in § 1209 of this Chapter: (a) facilitate cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of the Census in collecting, compiling, analyzing, interpreting and disseminating information concerning demographics, agriculture, housing, manufacturing, businesses and government of Guam in such forms as to be most valuable to Guam’s businesses and industries, and of other places; and to act as the principal receiver, depository and distributor of similar information provided by its national and international counterparts;
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(b) assume lead agency functions for the South Pacific Commission and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific; (c) conduct the census under the auspices of the U.S. Census Bureau; (d) compile, collect, develop and publish quarterly scientific indices and economic indicators, including, but not limited to, economic growth, trade balances, exports and imports, consumer prices and other information relating to economic conditions; (e) compile periodically a census of businesses and industries on Guam, and analyze and publish this information in such forms as to be most valuable to Guam’s businesses and industries; and (f) in the event sufficient funds are not available to the Bureau, to publish all of the material required by this Section; the information gathered shall be published, subject to the following priorities: (1) consumer prices; (2) exports and imports; (3) trade balances; and (4) all other information deemed essential to be published. (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all information, statistics, or data obtained pursuant to § 1209.1 (d) shall be held in full confidence and not subject to the open government law. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 26-076:43 (Mar. 12, 2002). Subsection (g) added by P.L. 31-226:3 (June 15, 2012). Subsection (b)(1) added as uncodified law by P.L. 32-068:XII:23 (Sept. 11, 2013) and codified by the Compiler, stricken pursuant to P.L. 32-181:XIII:19 (Sept. 5, 2014). 2013 NOTE: Pursuant to the authority granted by 1 GCA § 1606, numbers and/or letters were added and/or altered to adhere to the Compiler’s alpha-numeric scheme.