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GGD-79-4 1 (1978-11-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaayig0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUrE 07968 - rC326e372.' 1 2'- w Federal P&perwork: Its Impact on American Businesses. GG-79-4, B-158552. November 17, 1978. Released November 21, 1978. 4 pp. + 19 appendices (46 pp.). Report to Sen. Lloyd M. Eentsen, Vice Chairman, Joint Eccn.,.mic Committee; by Elmer B. Staats, Compticller General. Issue Irea: Statistical and Paperwork Implications of Non-Federal Data (3100) ; Data Collected frcm Non-Federal Sources: Government's Needs for Information (103),o Contact: General Government Div. Budqet Function: General Governaent: Other General Governeat (806). Organization Concerned: Office of Management and Budret. Conqressional Relevance: Joint Economic * oanittee. Sen. Lloyd so Bentsen. Authority: Federal Reports Act of 1942, as amended 144 U.S.C. 3501). Trans-Alaska Pipeline Autaorization Act (4 U.S.C. 3512? Public policy, as expressed in the Federal Repcits Act of 1942, is that tederal aqencies should obtaia their needed information with a minimum burden upcn business enterprises and individuals and at a minimum cost to the Government, eliminating unnecessary duplication of efforts. Under the act, as amended, the Director of the Office of management and Budget (ORB) reviews any collection of identical items of informatict from 10 or more persons outside the Federal Govarnsent proposed by executive branch agencies and departments other than independent requlatory agencies. However, the act exempts some agencies. Findinqs/Conclu-4 ons: A study of the impact of Federal paperwork requirements on ..usiness showed that: business firms werv designated as respondents for about 43% of reporting requirements; business firms take about 69 million hours annually, at an estimated cost of over $I billion, to respond to Government requests for information; 14 agencies account for about 86% of reporting requirements imposed on the firm ; management reports account for the largest single type cf report required; and reports requiring a single respo-se comprised almost 50% of business-related reporting requiremets. Since about 78% of Federal reporting requirements are exempt from either GAO or ORB clearance, the aost burdensome requirements were not included in the analysis. Other difficulties in analyzing the paperwork burden resulted frc misleading burden measures, the cumulative effects of 3everal reporting requirements, and d, pendence on estimates whose accuacy w. tinknown. (HTW)

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