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GGD-82-76 1 (1982-06-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdmi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON DC. 20548 B-207554 June 17, 1982 The Honorable Jack Brooks n8936 Chairman, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives e ed eusfde the-;06he KrSTRICTE - Not to be ret tral :Acountin Office except on the basis of specifl pPfovai Dear Mr. Chairman: by the Office of ConsreSsiosA Retallafts. RELEASED' Subject: ;.The Office of Management and Budget's Efforts to Develop and Augment the Federal Information Locator System Have Not Met Congressional Expectations' , (GAQ/GZ7fl82-7) As requested by your representatives on May 7, 1982, we are reporting to you on the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) efforts to develop the Federal Information Locator System (FILS). We are also providing our recommendation as to what the Congress can do to ensure FILS is established as quickly as possible. The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-511) required OMB to establish and operate a FILS by April 1, 1982. OMB's efforts to develop FILS have fallen short of the require- ment. The Congress should require the Director of OMB to devote more attention and resources to establishing FILS. Draft legisla- tion to implement our recommendation is on page 10. To ascertain the type and extent of efforts to establish FILS, we: (1) reviewed OMB plans, reports, and correspondence on FILS; (2) examined the results of eight of OMB's past FILS evalua- tion projects; and (3) reviewed the proceedings and results of congressional hearings on the implementation of the Paperwork Reduction Act. We also interviewed OMB and Department of Defense (DOD) officials involved in establishing and operating FILS. As your representatives requested, we did not obtain OMB's formal comments on our findings, conclusions, and recommendation. We did, however, discuss the report's contents with OMB officials responsible for developing FILS and have incorporated their views as appropriate. BACKGROUND OF FILS In 1977, the Commission on Federal Paperwork recommended the development of a locator system. The Commission found that the Government did not know what information it collected, where it was located once collected, how data could be retrieved efficiently and shared among agencies, and how new reporting (016009 )

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