100 STAT. 1783-339
PUBLIC LAW 99-500—OCT. 18, 1986
all times by procedures established for information which has been specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order or an Act of Congress to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy.". FEDERAL INFORMATION LOCATOR SYSTEM
SEC. 818. Section 3511(a) of title 44, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(a) There is established in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs a Federal Information Locator System (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'system') which shall be composed of a directory of information resources, a data element dictionary, and an information referral service. The system shall serve as the authoritative register of all information collection requests, and shall be designed so as to assist agencies and the public in locating existing Government information derived from information collection requests.". RESPONSIVENESS TO CONGRESS
SEC. 819. Subsection (a) of section 3514 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "and" after the semicolon in paragraph (7); (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (8)(C) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following new paragraph: "(9)(A) a summary of accomplishments in the improvement of, and planned initiatives to improve. Federal information resources management within agencies; "(B) a detailed statement with respect to each agency of new initiatives to acquire information technology to improve such management; and "(C) an analysis of the extent to which the policies, principles, standards, and guidelines issued and maintained pursuant to paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 3505 of this title promote or deter such new initiatives; and "(10) with respect to the statistical policy and coordination functions described in section 3504(d) of this title— "(A) a description of the specific actions taken, or planned to be taken, to carry out each such function; "(B) a description of the status of each major statistical program, including information on— "(i) any improvements in each such program; "(ii) any program which has been reduced or eliminated; and "(iii) the budget for each such program for the previous fiscal year and the fiscal year in progress and the budget proposed for each such program for the next fiscal year; and "(C) a description and summary of the long-range plans currently in effect for the major Federal statistical activities and programs.".
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