§ 3504. Authority and functions of Director
(a)
(1)
The Director shall oversee the use of information resources to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of governmental operations to serve agency missions, including burden reduction and service delivery to the public. In performing such oversight, the Director shall—
(A)
develop, coordinate and oversee the implementation of Federal information resources management policies, principles, standards, and guidelines; and
(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;
(3)
initiate and review proposals for changes in legislation, regulations, and agency procedures to improve information resources management practices;
(c)
With respect to the collection of information and the control of paperwork, the Director shall—
(2)
coordinate the review of the collection of information associated with Federal procurement and acquisition by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, with particular emphasis on applying information technology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Federal procurement, acquisition and payment, and to reduce information collection burdens on the public;
(3)
minimize the Federal information collection burden, with particular emphasis on those individuals and entities most adversely affected;
(4)
maximize the practical utility of and public benefit from information collected by or for the Federal Government;
(5)
establish and oversee standards and guidelines by which agencies are to estimate the burden to comply with a proposed collection of information; [1]
(6)
publish in the Federal Register and make available on the Internet (in consultation with the Small Business Administration) on an annual basis a list of the compliance assistance resources available to small businesses, with the first such publication occurring not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002.
(d)
With respect to information dissemination, the Director shall develop and oversee the implementation of policies, principles, standards, and guidelines to—
(e)
With respect to statistical policy and coordination, the Director shall—
(2)
ensure that budget proposals of agencies are consistent with system-wide priorities for maintaining and improving the quality of Federal statistics and prepare an annual report on statistical program funding;
(3)
develop and oversee the implementation of Governmentwide policies, principles, standards, and guidelines concerning—
(4)
evaluate statistical program performance and agency compliance with Governmentwide policies, principles, standards and guidelines;
(5)
promote the sharing of information collected for statistical purposes consistent with privacy rights and confidentiality pledges;
(6)
coordinate the participation of the United States in international statistical activities, including the development of comparable statistics;
(7)
appoint a chief statistician who is a trained and experienced professional statistician to carry out the functions described under this subsection;
(8)
establish an Interagency Council on Statistical Policy to advise and assist the Director in carrying out the functions under this subsection that shall—
(9)
provide opportunities for training in statistical policy functions to employees of the Federal Government under which—
(f)
With respect to records management, the Director shall—
(1)
provide advice and assistance to the Archivist of the United States and the Administrator of General Services to promote coordination in the administration of chapters 29, 31, and 33 of this title with the information resources management policies, principles, standards, and guidelines established under this subchapter;
(g)
With respect to privacy and security, the Director shall—
(h)
With respect to Federal information technology, the Director shall—
(1)
in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Administrator of General Services—
(2)
monitor the effectiveness of, and compliance with, directives issued under subtitle III of title
40 and directives issued under section
322 [2] of title
40;
(3)
coordinate the development and review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of policy associated with Federal procurement and acquisition of information technology with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy;
[1] So in original. Probably should be followed by “and”.
[2] See References in Text note below.