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B-182087 1 (1980-07-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjux0001 and id is 1 raw text is: . - ) COMPTIROLLER GENERAL OF THE: UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. Z0548 B-182087 July 25, 1980IIIJII II IIII111111 112929 iThe Honorable Lawton Chiles, Chairman Subcommittee on Federal Spending Practices and Open Government Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to your request, we have prepared comments on the Subcommittee'slroposed substitute bill for S. 14111 dated June 20, 1980, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980.-7 These comments supplement my earlier comments provided October 31, 1979, on S. 1411. The bill would create a cen- tral office in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) responsible for setting Government-wide information policies and for providing oversight for the agencies' information management activities. Such oversight would include periodic evaluations of the agencies' information management activi- ties. The activities covered by the bill include reports clearance and paperwork control, statistics, privacy, auto- matic data processing (ADP), telecommunications, and records management. These last three items--ADP, telecommunications, and records management--have been added to the information manage- ment functions initially assigned to the OMB office by S. 1411. The addition of these functions will provide for an integrated approach to Federal information management to insure that con- sistent policies are established and that central management is strengthened. ADP and telecommunications, in particular, provide the tools by which the Government can manage its infor- mation resources more effectively. Furthermore, these addi- tions are consistent with the objectives of those areas con- tained in S. 1411 to reduce the reporting burden on the public and the Government's costs in acquiring, disseminating, using, storing, and disposing of information. We strongly support the objectives of the proposed sub- stitute bill. We believe it provides the basic central man- agement structure--including the authority, responsibility, and accountability--for exerting badly needed control and I 4cN ?e

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