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B-180224 1 (1978-04-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobachmg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OO~f 613 - COMPTROLLER GENERAL :F THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTO . D.C. 20548 RELEASED- B-180224 The Honorable Alfred E. Kahn Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board Dear Mr. Chairman: Several inquiries have been received concerning GAO's position on President Carter's Paperwork Reduction Program initiated in February 1977, and how it relates to the independent regulatory agencies. We fully support the objectives of the President's Paperwork Burden Reduction Program. The GAO does not intend, however, to initiate a separate burden reduction program for the independent regulatory agencies. Therefore, we encourage you to support and actively participate in the President's Program. The best opportunity for limiting paperwork burdens is for each agency head to accept responsibility for insuring that the agency obtain only that information absolutely necessary for accomplishing the agency's mission. We think the requirement for assessing the practical utility of reports about to expire is especially important, and provides an excellent tool for weeding out unreeded information. We will be monitoring progress :oward achieving the goals of the President's Program and hope Co provide the Congress with useful information highlighting the independent regulatory agencies' efforts. The GAO will also be monitoring agencies' implementation of the Commission on Federal Paperwork's recom- mendations. As you know, the Office of Management and Budget is required by statute ro send semiannual reports to the President and the Congress on this subject. We will be reviewing these progress reports as well as individual reports which are submitted to OMB by the various agencies. *. ~*> ~* V ... ~ ......................................................................q~.v. April 19, 1978

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