PUBLIC LAW 96-511—DEC. 11, 1980
94 STAT. 2815
"(b) There shall be at the head of the Office an Administrator who shall be appointed by, and who shall report directly to, the Director. The Director shall delegate to the Administrator the authority to administer all functions under this chapter, except that any such delegation shall not relieve the Director of responsibility for the administration of such functions. The Administrator shall serve as principal adviser to the Director on Federal information policy.
Administrator, appointment.
"§ 3504. Authority and functions of Director "(a) The Director shall develop and implement Federal information policies, principles, standards, and guidelines and shall provide direction and oversee the review and approval of information collection requests, the reduction of the paperwork burden, Federal statistical activities, records management activities, privacy of records, interagency sharing of information, and acquisition and use of automatic data processing telecommunications, and other technology for managing information resources. The authority under this section shall be exercised consistent with applicable law. "(b) The general information policy functions of the Director shall include— "(1) developing and implementing uniform and consistent information resources management policies and overseeing the development of information management principles, standards, and guidelines and promoting their use; "(2) initiating and reviewing proposals for changes in legislation, regulations, and agency procedures to improve information practices, and informing the President and the Congress on the progress made therein; "(3) coordinating, through the review of budget proposals and as otherwise provided in this section, agency information practices; "(4) promoting, through the use of the Federal Information Locator System, the review of budget proposals and other methods, greater sharing of information by agencies; "(5) evaluating agency information management practices to determine their adequacy and efficiency, and to determine compliance of such practices with the policies, principles, standards, and guidelines promulgated by the Director; and "(6) overseeing planning for, and conduct of research with respect to. Federal collection, processing, storage, transmission, and use of information. "(c) The information collection request clearance and other paperwork control functions of the Director shall include— "(1) reviewing and approving information collection requests proposed by agencies; "(2) determining whether the collection of information by an agency is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility for the agency; "(3) ensuring that all information collection requests— "(A) are inventoried, display a control number and, when appropriate, an expiration date;
- (B) indicate the request is in accordance with the clearance requirements of section 3507; and
"(C) contain a statement to inform the person receiving the request why the information is being collected, how it is to be used, and whether responses to the request are voluntary, required to obtain a benefit, or mandatory;
44 USC 3504.
Paperwork control functions.
Post, p. 2819.
�
