[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1320.8]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
 
PART 1320_CONTROLLING PAPERWORK BURDENS ON THE PUBLIC--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1320.8  Agency collection of information responsibilities.

    The office established under Sec. 1320.7 shall review each
collection of information before submission to OMB for review under this
part.
    (a) This review shall include:
    (1) An evaluation of the need for the collection of information,
which shall include, in the case of an existing collection of
information, an evaluation of the continued need for such collection;
    (2) A functional description of the information to be collected;
    (3) A plan for the collection of information;
    (4) A specific, objectively supported estimate of burden, which
shall include, in the case of an existing collection of information, an
evaluation of the burden that has been imposed by such collection;
    (5) An evaluation of whether (and if so, to what extent) the burden
on respondents can be reduced by use of automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses;
    (6) A test of the collection of information through a pilot program,
if appropriate; and
    (7) A plan for the efficient and effective management and use
 of the information to be collected, including necessary resources.
    (b) Such office shall ensure that each collection of information:
    (1) Is inventoried, displays a currently valid OMB control number,
and, if appropriate, an expiration date;
    (2) Is reviewed by OMB in accordance with the clearance requirements
of 44 U.S.C. Sec. 3507; and
    (3) Informs and provides reasonable notice to the potential persons
to whom the collection of information is addressed of--
    (i) The reasons the information is planned to be and/or has been
collected;
    (ii) The way such information is planned to be and/or has been used
to further the proper performance of the functions of the agency;

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    (iii) An estimate, to the extent practicable, of the average burden
of the collection (together with a request that the public direct to the
agency any comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and
any suggestions for reducing this burden);
    (iv) Whether responses to the collection of information are
voluntary, required to obtain or retain a benefit (citing authority),
or mandatory (citing authority);