United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2002-04-29 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-02-651R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-651R P0b002ee180382def f:d02651r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-651R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-651R GAO-02-651R Data collection Noncompliance Quality control Reporting requirements Correspondence A03195 The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) prepares an annual report on the implementation of the Paperwork Reduction Act. OIRA's fiscal year 2002 report differed from the agency's previous reports in two important respects. First, the report provided agency-specific information on paperwork burden-hour estimates and violations only for the cabinet departments and the Environmental Protection Agency, but not for for the 12 independent agencies that had been included previously. Second, the report merged data on causes of changes in agencies' burden-hour estimates that previously had been presented separately. According to OIRA the agencies were excluded because (1) OMB's authority over the independent agencies is limited, (2) most independent agencies have total burden inventories under 10 million hours, and (3) OMB can best use its limited resources by focusing on the agencies that impose the most paperwork burden and over which OMB has more authority. OIRA classifies modifications in agencies' burden-hour estimates as either "adjustments" or "program changes." Although OIRA reported adjustments and program changes as separate data in fiscal years 2000 and 2001, the fiscal year 2002 report only included information in one column. As a result, it is no longer possible to determine the specific causes of the program changes reported. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-651R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-651R.htm GAO-02-651R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-651R Correspondence GAO-02-651R; Paperwork Reduction Act: Changes Needed to Annual Report; Data collection Noncompliance Quality control Reporting requirements