Improving Government Information Resources Management

摘要

The report highlights Federal agency efforts to improve Federal information resources management under the new authority granted by 'The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980,' P.L. 96-511. The first section of the report, 'Information Resources Management in the Executive Branch - Strategy and Approach,' outlines the general approach to addressing these needs, and describes actions taken to date. It also explains the two basic tenets of the management strategy, those being that (1) information resources management should entail the management of the total information life cycle from collection to dissemination, and (2) information is an economic resource and should be managed as other economic resources are managed. The bulk of the report, describes the agency information resources management reviews that OMB will be monitoring and evaluating during the first year of the three year review cycle (called for in 44 U.S.C. 3513). The 26 agencies included in this report were selected because they are heavily involved in information related activities (including information collection, use and dissemination), and/or they spend a significant portion of their budget on automatic data processing (ADP) or telecommunications activities or equipment.