Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 3.djvu/170

 94 STAT. 2814

44 USC 3503 Establishment.

PUBLIC LAW 96-511—DEC. 11, 1980

"(6) the term 'data element dictionary' means a system contamirlg standard and uniform definitions and cross references for commonly used data elements; "(7) the term 'data profile' means a synopsis of the questions contained in an information collection request and the official name of the request, the location of information obtained or to be obtained through the request, a description of any compilations, analyses, or reports derived or to be derived from such information, any record retention requirements associated with the request, the agency responsible for the request, the statute authorizing the request, and any other information necessary to identify, obtain, or use the data contained in such information; "(8) the term 'Director' means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; "(9) the term 'directory of information resources' means a catalog of information collection requests, containing a data profile for each request; "(10) the term 'independent regulatory agency' means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Federal Maritime Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Mine Enforcement Safety and Health Review Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, the Postal Rate Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any other similar agency designated by statute as a Federal independent regulatory agency or commission; "(11) the term 'information collection request' means a written report form, application form, schedule, questionnaire, reporting or recordkeeping requirement, or other similar method calling for the collection of information; "(12) the term 'information referral service' means the function that assists officials and persons in obtaining access to the Federal Information Locator System; "(13) the term 'information systems' means management information systems; "(14) the term 'person' means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, or legal representative, an organized group of individuals, a State, territorial, or local government or branch thereof, or a political subdivision of a State, territory, or local government or a branch of a political subdivision; "(15) the term 'practical utility' means the ability of an agency to use information it collects, particularly the capability to process such information in a timely and useful fashion; and "(16) the term 'recordkeeping requirement' means a requirement imposed by an agency on persons to maintain specified records. "§ 3503. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs "(a) There is established in the Office of Management and Budget an office to be known as the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

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