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GGD-80-32 1 (1980-02-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabafi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I (tUS .UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FEBRUARY 8, 1980 GENIWL GOVI~NMKIr CIVIGION B-197586 The Honorable James T. McIntyre, Jr. Director, Office of Management and Budget Subject: 1roblems With the Dissemination 6 f Information on Federal Assistance Programs GGD-80-32) Dear Mr. McIntyre: As part of our continuing interest in the program information needs of Federal aid recipients, we reviewed the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Federal Assist- ance Information Data Base and the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Since 1968, information on Federal domestic assistance programs was gathered pursuant to OMB Circular A-89. The circular established policies for the development and issuance of a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance and required that all specialized catalogs be approved by OMB. The circular was first issued in August 1968 and later revised in September 1969 and December 1970. Because of complaints by Federal aid recipients about the lack of information on available Federal programs, the Federal Program Information Act (Public Law 95-220, December 28, 1977), was passed. It requires -uz -ro iaentTfy all existing Federal domestic assistance programs and provide information on each such program to the general public through electronic media***and through a printed catalog. To meet these objectives, OMB maintains a Federal Assistance Information Data Base. The data base is to be a complete listing of Federal domestic assistance programs and is to serve as the primary source of program information. From this data base, information is made available to the general public through the Federal Assistance Program Retrieval System and the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assist- ance (Catalog). These two information sources represent the IIIIll ii017590 111503

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