Information Collection

• Information Collection Requests currently under review and recently expired collections, updated daily.
• Inventory of Approved Information Collections, updated monthly. This listing includes all collections of information from the public for which a Federal agency has received prior approval from OMB, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. An ongoing collection must be approved by OMB at least once every three years.
• Paperwork Reduction Act Forms.
  • Submission Form (Form OMB 83-I) (Revised October 95) (767k)
  • Change Worksheet (Form OMB 83-C) (Revised October 95) (291k)
  • Emergency Extension (Form OMB 83-E) (Revised October 95) (602k)
• Information Collection Budget of the United States Government.
  • Fiscal Year 2000 (628k) (April 12, 2000)
  • Fiscal Year 1999 (1229k) (April 16, 1999)
  • Reports to Congress under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (September 1997)
• Information Collection Budget Instructions.
  • OMB Bulletin No. 00-05, Fiscal Year 2001 (565 k) (August 4, 2000)
  • Bulletin 99-06, Fiscal Year 2000 Information Collection Budget (101 k) (September 17, 1999)
  • M-99-01, New Statutory Language on Paperwork Reduction FY 1999 ICB (November 6, 1998)
  • Bulletin 98-09, Fiscal Year 1999 Information Collection Budget (September 17, 1998)
• Estimating Paperwork Burden (October 14, 1999)
• Emergency Clearance of Y2K Surveys under the Paperwork Reduction Act (May 18, 1998)

Information Policy and Technology

• M-01-05, Guidance on Inter-Agency Sharing of Personal Data - Protecting Personal Privacy (December 20, 2000)
• Achieving Electronic Government: Instructions for Plans to Implement the Government Paperwork Elimination (July 25, 2000)
• Testimony of John Spotila on the Administration's views on H.R. 4049, the "Privacy Commission Act (May 15, 2000)
• Implementation of the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (May 2, 2000)
• M-00-07, Incorporating and Funding Security in Information Systems Investments (February 28, 2000)
• M-99-20, Security of Federal Automated Information Resources (June 23, 1999)
• M-99-18, Privacy Policies on Federal Web Sites (June 2, 1999)
• Proposed Implementation of the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (March 5, 1999)
• M-99-05, Instructions on Complying with President's Memorandum of May 14, 1998, "Privacy and Personal Information in Federal Records" (January 7, 1999)
• Biennial Privacy Act and Computer Matching Reports (June 1998)
• Instructions for Reporting Status of Data Exchanges with the States (May 19, 1998)
• M-98-09, Updated Guidance on Developing a Handbook for Individuals Seeking Access of Public Information (April 23, 1998)
• OMB Circular A-119: Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities (February 10, 1998)
• M-97-16, Information Technology Architectures (June 18, 1997)
• M-97-12, Evaluation of Agency Implementation of Capital Planning and Investment Control Processes (April 25, 1997)
• M-97-10, Guidance on Developing a Handbook for Individuals Seeking Access to Public Information (April 7, 1997)
• M-97-09, Interagency Support for Information Technology (March 10, 1997)
• M-97-07, Multiagency Contracts Under the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996 (February 26, 1997)
• M-96-20, Implementation of the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996 (April 4, 1996)
• OMB Circular A-130: Management of Federal Information Resources (February 8, 1996)
• M-95-22, Implementing the Information Dissemination Provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (September 29, 1995)
• Evaluating Information Technology Investments
• OMB Bulletin No. 95-01: Establishment of Government Information Locator Service
• OMB Documents on the Chief Information Officers Home Page

Year 2000 Computer Bug

• M-00-03, Reporting Y2K Compliance of Non-mission Critical Systems (November 10, 1999)
• M-00-01, Day One Planning and Request for Updated Business Continuity and Contingency Plans (October 13, 1999)
• M-99-21, Revised Reporting Guidance on Year 2000 Efforts (August 6, 1999)
• M-99-17, Minimizing Regulatory and Information Technology Requirements That Could Affect Progress Fixing the Year 2000 Problem (May 14, 1999)
• M-99-16, Business Continuity and Contingency Planning for the Year 2000 (May 13, 1999)
• M-99-15, Reporting Continued Progress Addressing the Year 2000 Problem (April 30, 1999)
• M-99-09, Revised Reporting Guidance on Year 2000 Efforts (405k) (January 26, 1999)
• Federal Agency Progress on the Year 2000 (Y2K) Problem (December 6, 1998)
• M-98-14, Comprehensive Plans and Associated Funding Requirements for Achieving Year 2000 Computer Compliance (August 13, 1998)
• Progress Addressing the Year 2000 Computer Problem in Mission Critical Systems (June 23, 1998)
• Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies: Progress Reports on Fixing Year 2000 Difficulties (January 20, 1998)
• Year 2000 Quarterly Reports to Congress.
  • 11th Quarterly Report (373k) (December 14, 1999)
  • 9th Quarterly Report  (191k) (June 15, 1999)
  • 8th Quarterly Report (175k) (March 18, 1999)
  • 6th Quarterly Report (August 15, 1998)
  • 5th Quarterly Report (May 15, 1998)
  • 4th Quarterly Report (February 15, 1998)
  • 3rd Quarterly Report (November 15, 1997)
  • 2nd Quarterly Report (August 15, 1997)
• Tranmittal of Y2K Emergency Funds.
  • August (192k) (August 3, 1999)
  • July (272k) (July 14, 1999)
  • May (256k) (May 24, 1999)
  • March (March 5, 1999)
  • February (February 3, 1999)
  • December (December 8, 1998)
  • November (November 6, 1998)
• An OMB Report to the Congress: Getting Federal Computers Ready for 2000 (February 6, 1997) in HTML and PDF (269k)
• Year 2000 Documents on the Chief Information Officers Home Page

Statistical Policy

• Statistical Program of the United States Government:
  • Fiscal Year 2001 (July 6, 2000) (429k)
  • Fiscal Year 2000 (October 27, 1999) (497k)
  • Fiscal Year 1999 (455k)
  • Fiscal Year 1998 (October 16, 1997) (534k)
  • Fiscal Year 1997
• Metropolitan Statistical Areas
  • Standards for Defining Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas  (253k) (December 27, 2000)
  • Final Report and Recommendations From the Metropolitan Area Standards Review Committee to the Office of Management and Budget Concerning Changes to the Standards for Defining Metropolitan Areas  (85k) (August 22, 2000)
  • Recommendations from the Metropolitan Area Standards Review Committee to the Office of Management and Budget Concerning Changes to the Standards for Defining Metropolitan Areas (735k) (October 20, 1999)
  • Updated Statistical Definitions of Metropolitan Areas (127k) (August 2, 1999)
  • OMB Bulletin No. 00-04, Integrating the Performance Plan and Budget (June 6, 2000)
  • Revised Statistical Definitions of Metropolitan Areas (MAs) and Guidance on Uses of MA Definitions (June 30, 1999)
  • Alternative Approaches to Defining Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas (December 21, 1998) PDF version (1,149k) or HTML version of text (163k)
  • OMB Bulletin No. 98-06: Revised Statistical Definitions of Metropolitan Areas (MAs) and Guidance on Uses of MA Definitions (161 k) (June 23, 1998)
  • OMB Bulletin No. 95-04: Revised Statistical Definitions of Metropolitan Areas (MAs) and Guidance on Uses of MA Definitions (June 30, 1995)
  • Alternative Approaches to Defining Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas (December 21, 1998) PDF version (1,149k) or HTML version of text (163k)
• Data on Race and Ethnicity
  • Federal Register Notice: Provisional Guidance on the Implementation of the 1997 Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity  (253k) (January 16, 2001, Volume 66, Number 10, pages 3829-3831)
  • Provisional Guidance on the Implementation of the 1997 Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity  (204k) (December 15, 2000)
  • Appendix A, Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (12k)
  • Appendix B, Guidance on Aggregation and Allocation of Data on Race for Use in Civil Rights Monitoring and Enforcement (13k)
  • Appendix C, The Bridge Report: Tabulation Options for Trend Analysis  (221k)
  • OMB Bulletin No. 00-02, Guidance on Aggregation and Allocation of Data on Race for Use in Civil Rights Monitoring and Enforcement (March 9, 2000)
  • Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (October 30, 1997)
  • Recommendations from the Interagency Committee for the Review of the Racial and Ethnic Standards (July 9, 1997) PDF version or HTML version
  • Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (August 1995)
  • Advance Notice of Proposed Review and Possible Revision of OMB's Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting (June 1994)
• Federal Statistical Confidentiality Order (June 27, 1997) (430k)
• Press Release - Federal Statistics Briefing Rooms (FSBR) (May 21, 1996)
• Schedule of Release Dates for Principal Federal Economic Indicators
• OMB Issues Schedule of Release Dates for 2001 (September 19, 2000)
• OMB Issues Schedule of Release Dates For 2000 (September 9, 1999)
• OMB Issues Schedule of Release Dates For 1999 (December 1, 1998)
• OMB Issues Schedule of Release Dates For 1998 (December 4, 1997)

Regulatory Policy

• Regulations currently under E.O. 12866 review, updated daily.
• Regulatory Review Submission Forms:
  • Submission of Federal Rules Under the Congressional Review Act (147k)
  • Request for OMB Review Under Executive Order 12866, (Form OMB 83-R) (Revised December 1997) (71k)
• Reports to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations:
  • 2000 Report (186k) (June 2000)
  • 2000 Report Charts (134k) (June 2000)
  • 1998 Report (133k) (January 1999)
  • 1997 Report (September 30, 1997)
• M-00-02, Guidance for Implementing E.O. 13132, "Federalism" (30k) (October 28, 1999)
• Agency Compliance with Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (93k) (October 1999)
• More Benefits, Fewer Burdens: Creating A Regulatory System that Works for the American People (December 1996)
• Memorandum for Members of the Regulatory Working Group: Economic Analysis of Federal Regulations Under Executive Order 12866 (January 11, 1996)
• Economic Analysis of Federal Regulations Under Executive Order 12866 ("Best Practices Guidances") (January 11, 1996)

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