The Order creates a Federal Information Locator System, which will list all the types of information collected by Federal agencies.
We have evaluated the 520 recommendations of the Paperwork Commission and have already implemented more than half of them.
I'm deeply grateful for the leadership that's been shown by the congressional representatives here this morning.
The Director shall audit compliance with this Order and may issue rules and regulations necessary to implement it.
We have been able to reduce the total number of hours devoted to Federal paperwork by 15 percent.
We have reduced the amount of time Americans spend filling out Federal forms by almost 15%-127 million hours.
Government efficiency is a central theme of my Administration.
We believe that this number can be eliminated or drastically reduced or consolidated and eliminate a great deal of burden on the executive b...
I'm very grateful to all of you.
I urge the Congress to act promptly on the two bills I have discussed.
Forms should be used only to the extent necessary to gather the basic information required to fulfill an agency's mission.
Some Federal paperwork is needed.
This sets a definite limit, or paperwork budget, that cannot be exceeded by any one of the Federal agencies without my direct approval.
This Order will expire on September 30, 1983.
My administration is deeply committed to the cause of human rights both here and abroad.
We cannot permit the Helsinki agreement to become meaningless words on parchment.
The Internal Revenue Service made it possible, for example, for five million taxpayers to switch from the long tax form to the short one.
We're trying to reduce the number of forms required, to cut down on the length of those particular forms.
