44 U.S.C. § 3506
Federal agency responsibilities
United States · Title 44 — PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS · Status: effective
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- 44 U.S.C. § 3506, Federal agency responsibilities, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/486987
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The head of each agency shall be responsible for—
With respect to general information resources management, each agency shall—
manage information resources to—
in accordance with guidance by the Director, develop and maintain a strategic information resources management plan that, to the extent practicable—
includes an open data plan for data that does not concern monetary policy that—
requires the agency to develop processes and procedures that—
develop and maintain an ongoing process to—
in accordance with guidance by the Director—
make each public data asset of the agency available—
With respect to the collection of information and the control of paperwork, each agency shall—
establish a process within the office headed by the Chief Information Officer designated under subsection (a), that is sufficiently independent of program responsibility to evaluate fairly whether proposed collections of information should be approved under this subchapter, to—
review each collection of information before submission to the Director for review under this subchapter, including—
ensure that each information collection—
informs the person receiving the collection of information of—
except as provided under subparagraph (B) or section 3507(j), provide 60-day notice in the Federal Register, and otherwise consult with members of the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of information, to solicit comment to—
certify (and provide a record supporting such certification, including public comments received by the agency) that each collection of information submitted to the Director for review under section 3507—
reduces to the extent practicable and appropriate the burden on persons who shall provide information to or for the agency, including with respect to small entities, as defined under section 601(6) of title 5, the use of such techniques as—
With respect to information dissemination, each agency shall—
ensure that the public has timely and equitable access to the agency’s public information, including ensuring such access through—
not, except where specifically authorized by statute—
engage the public in using public data assets of the agency and encourage collaboration by—
With respect to statistical policy and coordination, each agency shall—
With respect to privacy and security, each agency shall—
With respect to Federal information technology, each agency shall—
assume responsibility for maximizing the value and assessing and managing the risks of major information systems initiatives through a process that is—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996
- Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
- Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002House: 418–0Senate: no recorded tally
- To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to public buildings, property, and works, as title 40, United States Code, "Public Buildings, Property, and Works".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Homeland Security Act of 2002
- E-Government Act of 2002House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018House: 356–17Senate: no recorded tally