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B-202303 1 (1983-06-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacsqu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROL.ER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 144 WASHINGTON D.C. 2o3s B-202303 June 14 1983 The HonorableWilliam V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Do not -akct :vbiablu -or rtding This is in response to your request for our comments on S. 827, 98th Cong., 1st Sess., which if enacted would be cited as the Federal Recordkeeping and Civil Action Limitation Act of 1983. eyg bs remarksm. 0po r on.of this-lb'1and 1 & l ,{ he.9ENongressfit seems a t ei tof hbil is to t1 dividuals adgbusinesses gainst on me overnmen regUator yenforce- men ih respe to the he tseiprj\rbsiness or e~youlatdie see persona 1endeavors A t bilthusG woul'd 'tseem to be tend d t l t hos di diiitlywith' ,the Governrnent.by contract, ,grant, loan, o7 ther mechanism for transferring ,funds .benef;its, aspresently drafted, it would have this ,e'ffect. Amnong'JEh'er things'utur comments address a number of undue burdnsw8fi1i-the tresintbill language would place/on .Government operations. 4Many of:these burdens would be eliminated by defining person for the purpose of proposed section 560 of Title 5 of the United States Code to exclude those dealing directly with the Government. RECORDKEEPING PROVISIONS , The, billwould provide a uniform 3-yearjrlIimit'on the time thitany agency could require a -per retin records. While wsebelieve that reducing records retentionfequirements is a desirable goal wie do not believe that imposing a single maximum retention peri'od is`a d 'sirable way to achieve the goal. Instead, we prefer-the approach recently adopted by the Congress in section 2(b)(2)'of 'the Paperwork'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 Adftfnistrat of General.2Services shall assistthe AdminisratoF, for the Office of Information ad Regulitory Affairs in conduct- ing stdaies and developing standards relating the record retention requirements imposed on the public and on State and local governments by Federal agencies.

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