Improvements Still Needed in Fulfilling Federal Reports Act Responsibilities

Gao ID: GGD-77-38 May 25, 1977

Problems have been encountered by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and by the Department of Labor (DOL) in fulfilling their responsibilities under the Federal Reports Act.

A lack of information and staff limitations preclude the Office from adequately assessing the need for data proposed for collection and data collected by federal agencies. The Office is developing a "key word" vocabulary to assist in identifying unnecessary duplication in information gathering. The report reduction program of the Department of Labor was reviewed, and its reduction results were less than it claimed. Statistics relating to the paperwork burden and the report reduction program are subject to error and different interpretations, and users should be aware of their limitations.

Recommendations

Our recommendations from this work are listed below with a Contact for more information. Status will change from "In process" to "Open," "Closed - implemented," or "Closed - not implemented" based on our follow up work.

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