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• Does BEA maintain longitudinal versions of its survey microdata, such as the Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Business Database?

• Does the content or coverage of the BEA surveys change over time?

• Are responses to BEA surveys voluntary or mandatory?

• Do BEA surveys collect common business identifiers that can be used by special sworn research consultants to link the BEA data to commercial data sets?

• Can BEA data be linked to data from commercial data sets like those of Standard and Poor’s or Bureau van Dijk?

• Can BEA data be linked to data from other agencies participating in the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers program?

• What is the unit of data collection on the BEA surveys?

• Are BEA’s special sworn research consultants allowed to have co-authors who do not meet BEA’s requirements for participation in the program, e.g., non-U.S. citizens or employees of policy-making federal agencies?

• What must researchers do to prepare for BEA’s disclosure review of output under the Special Sworn Researcher Program?

• What are the costs to researchers for accessing BEA data in a Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC)?

• Are BEA's special sworn research consultants provided access to full data sets or does BEA prepare custom extracts for researchers?

• What are eligible research topics under the Special Sworn Researcher Program?

• Who can apply to access BEA business data through the Special Sworn Researcher Program?

• What is the history of the Special Sworn Researcher Program?