Commission on Federal Paperwork: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 16424 ... September 12, 1974

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Page 7 - Commission. (3) While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Commission, members of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 (b) of title 5 of the United States Code.
Page 36 - The Secretary shall compile accurate statistics on work injuries and illnesses which shall include all disabling, serious, or significant injuries and illnesses, whether or not involving loss of time from work, other than minor injuries requiring only first aid treatment and which do not involve medical treatmem , loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion, or transfer to another job.
Page 45 - Commission shall study and investigate statutes, policies, rules, regulations, procedures, and practices of the Federal Government relating to information gathering, processing, and dissemination, and the management and control of these information activities.
Page 8 - ... or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, as the Commission or such subcommittee or member may deem advisable.
Page 19 - Congress, the Subcommittee on Census and Government Statistics of the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, the President's Committee To Appraise Employment and Unemployment Statistics and other groups representing business, labor, and research organizations.
Page 29 - The first Hoover Commission on Reorganization of the Executive Branch of the Government found little evidence of control over the creation, maintenance, and use or disposition of Government records.
Page 8 - Act, hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and places, and take such testimony, as the Commission or such member may deem advisable. Any member of the Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before the Commission or before such member.
Page 29 - Services is charged with staff and coordinating responsibility for improving standards, procedures, and techniques with respect to the creation of records, the maintenance of current records, and the disposal of records when no longer needed for current operations.
Page 20 - December 31, 1971, the Office of Management and Budget reported that there were 5,298 different types of approved public use forms, excluding all tax and banking forms. Individuals and business firms, by a conservative estimate, spend 130.5 million man-hours per year filling out all of the necessary Federal report forms.
Page 34 - This act declared it to be the policy of Congress that the Federal Government should...

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