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§3513 Director review of agency activities; reporting; agency response

Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY › § 3513

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Summary

The Director must, with the Administrator of General Services, the Archivist of the United States, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, regularly review certain agency information-management activities to see if they are working well and helping agencies meet their goals. When an agency gets a review report, it must send a written plan to the Director within 60 days that shows steps and milestones to fix problems and improve performance. The Director must treat rules or orders from the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau the same as those from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Full Legal Text

Title 44, §3513

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(a)In consultation with the Administrator of General Services, the Archivist of the United States, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, the Director shall periodically review selected agency information resources management activities to ascertain the efficiency and effectiveness of such activities to improve agency performance and the accomplishment of agency missions.
(b)Each agency having an activity reviewed under subsection (a) shall, within 60 days after receipt of a report on the review, provide a written plan to the Director describing steps (including milestones) to—
(1)be taken to address information resources management problems identified in the report; and
(2)improve agency performance and the accomplishment of agency missions.
(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director shall treat or review a rule or order prescribed or proposed by the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection on the same terms and conditions as apply to any rule or order prescribed or proposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 3513, added Pub. L. 96–511, § 2(a), Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2822; amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(b)(27), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291, related to periodic review of agency activities by Director and report of review and agency response to it prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 104–13.

Amendments

2010—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–203 added subsec. (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2010 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the designated transfer date, see section 1100H of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 552a of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1995, except as otherwise provided, see section 4(a) of Pub. L. 104–13, set out as a note under section 3501 of this title.

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Citation

44 U.S.C. § 3513

Title 44Public Printing and Documents

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Apr 6, 2026

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