Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Spending Practices and Open GovernmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government paperwork
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Efforts to Reduce Federal Paperwork Burdens
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Spending Practices and Open GovernmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government paperwork
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Efforts to Reduce Federal Paperwork Burdens
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Spending Practices and Open GovernmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government paperwork
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Federal Paperwork Burdens
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Spending Practices and Open GovernmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government paperwork
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Federal Paperwork Burdens
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Spending Practices and Open GovernmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government paperwork
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Paperwork Reduction
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (GPublisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289013899
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
GAO discussed governmentwide implementation of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and three federal agencies' actions to implement the act. GAO noted that: (1) between 1980 and 1995, reported governmentwide paperwork burden hours increased from about 1.5 billion to 6.9 billion; (2) the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) accounts for most of the federal paperwork burden; (3) IRS accounted for a three-fold increase in 1989 because it changed the way it calculated its information collection burden; (4) governmentwide burden hours increased almost 8 percent in the month before the act's effective date because agencies were trying to get proposed information collection activities approved before that date; (5) as of May 1996, the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs had not set burden reduction goals or kept Congress informed about implementation progress; (6) agencies' weighted average burden reduction is likely to be 1 percent for fiscal year (FY) 1996, but the act's FY 1996 reduction goal is 10 percent; (7) agencies believe that statutory mission-related requirements limit their ability to reduce paperwork burdens; and (8) Congress should consider several measurement issues, including counting adjustments toward or against reduction goals, the difference between measured and actual paperwork burdens, and potentially incomplete agency burden estimates.
Paperwork Reduction Act
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (GPublisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289035075
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Americans spend billions of hours each year providing information to federal agencies by filling out information collections (forms, surveys, or questionnaires). A major aim of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) is to balance the burden of these collections with their public benefit. Under the act, agencies' Chief Information Officers (CIO) are responsible for reviewing information collections before they are submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. As part of this review, CIOs must certify that the collections meet 10 standards set forth in the act. GAO was asked to assess, among other things, this review and certification process, including agencies' efforts to consult with the public. To do this, GAO reviewed a governmentwide sample of collections, reviewed processes and collections at four agencies that account for a large proportion of burden, and performed case studies of 12 approved collections.
Paperwork Reduction Act new approach may be needed to reduce government burden on public : report to congressional requesters.
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428931791
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Efforts to Reduce Federal Paperwork
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Oversight ProceduresPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government paperwork
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Information Collection Budget of the United States Government
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government paperwork
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Paperwork Reduction Act
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (GPublisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289025595
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
This testimony discusses the implementation of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The data indicate that federal paperwork increased by nearly 180 million burden hours during fiscal year 2000--the second-largest one-year increase since the act was passed. This increase is largely attributed to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which raised its paperwork estimate by about 240 million burden hours. The rest of the government decreased its burden estimate by about 70 million burden hours during the fiscal year. Within that non-IRS grouping, some agencies were more successful than others in reducing their paperwork estimates and some increased their estimates. In addition, federal agencies identified a total of 487 violations of the PRA during fiscal year 2000--fewer than the 710 they identified during fiscal year 1999. These 487 violations, however, represent substantial opportunity costs and many have persisted for years. GAO believes that the Office of Management and Budget can do more to ensure that agencies do not use information collections without proper clearance.