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B-202303 1 (1983-06-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjak0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I COMPTROU.ER GENERAL OF THIE UNITED STATES 44~ WASHINGTON D.C. M B-202303 June 14, 1983 The HonorableWilliam V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Do not ji-,c: ,Vb!1fb:L pul t1)-l±I ' :,Thisis in response to your request for our commen-ts on S. 827, 98th Cong., 1st Sess., which if enacted-would be cited as the Federal Recordkeeping and Civil Action' Limitation Act of 1983. this-lb'11,'an ihe97ENCCongress, i em thtle(brlland the sndentiofutu.~ &'ll~J.1jns * ttroet ~iduals andtbusinessesagans t untzmei yGove rnmen regUlator enforce- entewh respect,to.thei'irtWherzse;private buriness or personalovendeavors '-SAlthough' the/tbili.tel srwouldnot 'seem to bey fin tndd tt~aWi*6,toedit di)tictlyjuith' the tornfrinfn ds~r penefitsrc,,gat obhfpl J her mechanism for 'rnf r nfti~cntractegrntl, a' Sjp resently drafted, it would have' Ehis *ef f ct. Axon'6iier things;'u comments address a numbet of undue burdens,wh8i'the'jtesint bill language would place/on .Gvernment operatihns. 4;Many ofi-these burdens would be er'iminated by defini'ng person for tei purpose of proposed section 560 of Title 5 of the United States Code to exclude those dealing directly with the Government. 0,0 RECOROKEEPING PROVISIONS The,.bitllwoud- provtde,a uniform 3-yearjrlimition the time that any aency c6uld require a:pern1$4retain records. While webelieve that~reducing records retention ,reuirements is a desirable goal,fie do not' believe th'at imposing a single maximum retention period is a de'sirable way to achieve the goal. Instead, we pirefer-the approa'ch recently adopted by the Congress in section 2(b)(2)'of 'the Paperw6rk'Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No.',96-511, December 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2825, which amended 44 U.S.C. 5 2905 to provide that: The'AdftfnistratdrVof GeeralServices shall assist' the Administrato': for the Office of Information iad Regulatory Affairs in conduct- ing stulies and developirig, standards relating the record retention requirements imposed on the public and on State and local governments by Federal agencies.

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