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GGD-77-95 1 (1977-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaawbv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DCCUMENT RESUME 03746 - [B27940211 Monitoring the Development of the Federal Power Commission's Regulatory Informaticn System. GGD-77-95; B-180228. September 30, 1977. 6 pp. Report to Frank Horton, Chairman, Commission on Federal Paperwork; by Robert F. Keller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: Statistical and Paperwcrk Implications of Non-Federal Data (3100). Contact: General Government Div. Budget Function: Natural Resources, Environment, aniL Energy: Energy (305). Organi7aticn Concerned: Federal Power Commissicn. Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Ccmmerce; Senate Committee on Energy aud Natural Resources. Authority: Federal Reports Act of IS42, as amended (P.L. 93-153). Department of Energy Crganization Act (P.L. 95-91). The Regulatory Information System which will automate information processing functicns of the Federal Power Commission will ultimately collect, process, and provide output on information reported by over 5,OCO companies (respondents). In phase I of the two-phase development, 29 existing public use forms containing over 500 supporting schedules will be consolidated into 14 new forms with about 330 supporting schedules. Th2 respondent reporting system is included in phase I. Findings/Conclusions: In response to recomaendations by the Ccmmission oiz Federal Paperwork, the FPC conducted technical conferences, deleted new data reguirements, visited State regulatory commissions, and pilot tested the system. Respondents believed that conferences gave an informative general overview of the system but that they were not given sufficient detailed explanations of how to complete forms. There was some confusion by respondents in identifying data elements deleted by FPC. Working visits by FPC to State regulatory commissions were useful because they provided a better understanding of data needed. The pilot test was useful in identifying problems and led to format changes which improved the appearance and usability of the forms. However some problems were not resolved, such as data requirement definitions. A major cause of these problems was lack of respondent involvement in FPC's vublic use data analysis. FPC did not obtain estimates of respondents' burden from pilot test participants, an essential feature in evaluating reasonableness of requested data. |RTW)

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