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operate under direct DEA supervision and control. All Federal contractors are subject to the
same legal requirements as government employees in regard to protection of information. DEA
may use information submitted in its investigations, but the information would not be released
for other purposes.
Reports to DEA. Commenters objected to the requirement that suppliers file reports on
orders with DEA every other business day. They stated that this frequency of filing would not
provide them with an opportunity to review and correct minor discrepancies. With paper orders,
DEA knows which registrants have executed Form 222, which provides a control on the system.
DEA needs frequent reports on electronic orders because it has no other means of determining
who is ordering and in what volume. DEA recognizes that some of the data may be imprecise
due to changes in orders, but DEA needs frequent submissions of reports to account for all orders
generated by a given purchasing registrant and as a means to identify and account for all
outstanding orders for a given registrant.
Commenters also recommended changes to the information provided in the daily reports
to make the data elements consistent with ARCOS data elements and to add four elements on the
substances ordered. DEA agrees with the commenters. DEA will specify a format for the report
that is consistent with the ARCOS reports plus the data fields on what was ordered. DEA notes
that ARCOS is preparing to allow electronic filing of reports; when this occurs, DEA plans to
develop a process by which the summary reports can be accepted as a substitute for ARCOS
reporting for Schedule I and II substances, with the usual ARCOS provisions for filing
corrections.
Adoption of new technologies. Commenters stated that it was unclear how DEA would
evaluate new technologies and recommended that DEA develop a rapid means for evaluating and
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