[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC3514]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 35--COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY
SUBCHAPTER I--FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY
Sec. 3514. Responsiveness to Congress
(a)(1) The Director shall--
(A) keep the Congress and congressional committees fully and
currently informed of the major activities under this subchapter;
and
(B) submit a report on such activities to the President of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives annually and
at such other times as the Director determines necessary.
(2) The Director shall include in any such report a description of
the extent to which agencies have--
(A) reduced information collection burdens on the public,
including--
(i) a summary of accomplishments and planned initiatives to
reduce collection of information burdens;
(ii) a list of all violations of this subchapter and of any
rules, guidelines, policies, and procedures issued pursuant to
this subchapter;
(iii) a list of any increase in the collection of
information burden, including the authority for each such
collection; and
(iv) a list of agencies that in the preceding year did not
reduce information collection burdens in accordance with section
3505(a)(1), a list of the programs and statutory
responsibilities of those agencies that precluded that
reduction, and recommendations to assist those agencies to
reduce information collection burdens in accordance with that
section;
(B) improved the quality and utility of statistical information;
(C) improved public access to Government information; and
(D) improved program performance and the accomplishment of
agency missions through information resources management.
(b) The preparation of any report required by this section shall be
based on performance results reported by the agencies and shall not
increase the collection of information burden on persons outside the
Federal Government.
(Added Pub. L. 104-13, Sec. 2, May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 181; amended Pub.
L. 106-398, Sec.
