‘‘(10) ensure that information technology is ac-
quired, used, and managed to improve performance
of agency missions, including the reduction of infor-
mation collection burdens on the public; and
‘‘(11) improve the responsibility and account-
ability of the Office of Management and Budget and
all other Federal agencies to Congress and to the
public for implementing the information collection
review process, information resources management,
and related policies and guidelines established under
this chapter.
‘‘§ 3502. Definitions
‘‘As used in this chapter—
‘‘(1) the term ‘agency’ means any executive
department, military department, Government cor-
poration, Government controlled corporation, or
other establishment in the executive branch of the
Government (including the Executive Office of the
President), or any independent regulatory agency,
but does not include—
‘‘(A) the General Accounting Office;
‘‘(B) Federal Election Commission;
‘‘(C) the governments of the District of
Columbia and of the territories and possessions
of the United States, and their various subdivi-
sions; or
‘‘(D) Government-owned contractor-oper-
ated facilities, including laboratories engaged in
national defense research and production activi-
ties;
‘‘(2) the term ‘burden’ means time, effort, or fi-
nancial resources expended by persons to generate,
maintain, or provide information to or for a Federal
agency, including the resources expended for—
‘‘(A) reviewing instructions;
‘‘(B) acquiring, installing, and utilizing
technology and systems;
‘‘(C) adjusting the existing ways to comply
with any previously applicable instructions and
requirements;
‘‘(D) searching data sources;
‘‘(E) completing and reviewing the collec-
tion of information; and
‘‘(F) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing
the information;
‘‘(3) the term ‘collection of information’ means
the obtaining, causing to be obtained, soliciting, or
requiring the disclosure to third parties or the pub-
lic, of facts or opinions by or for an agency, regard-
less of form or format, calling for either—
‘‘(A) answers to identical questions posed
to, or identical reporting or recordkeeping re-
quirements imposed on, ten or more persons,
other 
than 
agencies, 
instrumentalities, 
or
employees of the United States; or
‘‘(B) answers to questions posed to agen-
cies, instrumentalities, or employees of the
United States which are to be used for general
statistical purposes;
‘‘(4) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget;
‘‘(5) the term ‘independent regulatory agency’
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Re-
serve System, the Commodity Futures Trading Com-
mission, the Consumer Product Safety Commission,
the Federal Communications Commission, the Fed-
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal En-
ergy Regulatory Commission, the Federal Housing
Finance Board, the Federal Maritime Commission,
the Federal Trade Commission, the Interstate Com-
merce Commission, the Mine Enforcement Safety
and Health Review Commission, the National Labor
Relations Board, the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion, the Occupational Safety and Health Review
Commission, the Postal Rate Commission, the Secu-
rities and Exchange Commission, and any other
similar agency designated by statute as a Federal
independent regulatory agency or commission;
‘‘(6) the term ‘information resources’ means in-
formation and related resources, such as personnel,
equipment, funds, and information technology;
‘‘(7) the term ‘information resources manage-
ment’ means the process of managing information
resources to accomplish agency missions and to im-
prove agency performance, including through the re-
duction of information collection burdens on the
public;
‘‘(8) the term ‘information system’ means a dis-
crete set of information resources and processes,
automated or manual, organized for the collection,
processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemina-
tion, or disposition of information;
‘‘(9) the term ‘information technology’ has the
same meaning as the term ‘automatic data process-
ing equipment’ as defined by section 111(a)(2) of
the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 759(a)(2));
‘‘(10) the term ‘person’ means an individual,
partnership, association, corporation, business trust,
or legal representative, an organized group of indi-
viduals, a State, territorial, or local government or
branch thereof, or a political subdivision of a State,
territory, or local government or a branch of a politi-
cal subdivision;
‘‘(11) the term ‘practical utility’ means the abil-
ity of an agency to use information, particularly the
capability to process such information in a timely
and useful fashion;
‘‘(12) the term ‘public information’ means any
information, regardless of form or format, that an
agency discloses, disseminates, or makes available to
the public; and
‘‘(13) the term ‘recordkeeping requirement’
means a requirement imposed by or for an agency
on persons to maintain specified records, including a
requirement to—
‘‘(A) retain such records;
‘‘(B) notify third parties or the public of
the existence of such records;
‘‘(C) disclose such records to third parties
or the public; or
‘‘(D) report to third parties or the public
regarding such records.
‘‘§ 3503. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
‘‘(a) There is established in the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget an office to be known as the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs.
‘‘(b) There shall be at the head of the Office an Ad-
ministrator who shall be appointed by the President, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Direc-
tor 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 re-
sponsibility for the administration of such functions. The
Administrator shall serve as principal adviser to the Direc-
tor on Federal information resources management policy.
‘‘§ 3504. Authority and functions of Director
‘‘(a)(1) The Director shall—
‘‘(A) develop, coordinate and oversee the imple-
mentation of Federal information resources manage-
ment policies, principles, standards, and guidelines;
and
‘‘(B) provide direction and oversee—
‘‘(i) the review and approval of the collec-
tion of information and the reduction of the
information collection burden;
‘‘(ii) agency dissemination of and public
access to information;
‘‘(iii) statistical activities;
‘‘(iv) records management activities;
‘‘(v) 
privacy, 
confidentiality, 
security,
disclosure, and sharing of information; and
‘‘(vi) the acquisition and use of informa-
tion technology.
‘‘(2) The authority of the Director under this chapter
shall be exercised consistent with applicable law.
‘‘(b) With respect to general information resources
management policy, the Director shall—
‘‘(1) develop and oversee the implementation of
uniform information resources management policies,
principles, standards, and guidelines;
‘‘(2) foster greater sharing, dissemination, and
access to public information, including through—
‘‘(A) the use of the Government Informa-
tion Locator Service; and
‘‘(B) the development and utilization of
common standards for information collection,
storage, processing and communication, includ-
ing standards for security, interconnectivity and
interoperability;