Laws & Policies

Constitution of the United States of America

• Bill of Rights
  

U.S. Code

• Law Revision Counsel - Search
• GPO Access - Browse USC or Search Public Laws

United States Congress (Legislative Branch) - Via Libary of Congress

• Thomas - Bills, Congressional Record, Committee Links & Reports

• Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), as amended by the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA) [44 USC 3501 - 3520]  See especially:
   
  • Sec. 3506 - Federal Agency Responsibilities
  • Sec. 3510 - Cooperation of Agencies in Making Information Available
  • Sec. 3511 - Government Information Locator Service
     
• Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996 (Division E of P.L. 104-106, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, now known as the Clinger-Cohen Act)
  • See also Raines' Rules

• Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA, P.L. 103-62)
• Federal Records Act [44 USC 3102]
• Records Disposal Act, as amended [44 USC 3303]
• Freedom of Information Act [FOIA, 5 USC 552(a)(2) and (3), as amended by E-FOIA]
• Privacy Act of 1974 [5 USC 552a]
• Rehabilitation Act [29 USC 794d, as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, P.L. 105-220]
• Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 [31 USC. 3512(a)(3)(B)(iv) and (v)]
• Computer Security Act of 1987 [40 USC 1441]

Executive Orders from the President

• Disposition Tables (via NARA, includes links to Executive Orders issued since 1995)

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

• OMB Circulars - See especially:
   
  • A-11
    • Part 2, Preparation and Submission of Strategic Plans
    • Part 3, Planning, Budgeting, and Acquisition of Capital Assets
  • A-16 - Coordination of Surveying, Mapping, and Related Spatial Data Activities
  • A-76 - Performance of Commercial Activities
  • A-119 - Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Standards
  • A-130 - Management of Federal Information Resources
    • Appendix I, Privacy
    • Appendix II, GPEA
    • Appendix III, Security
    • Appendix IV, Analysis of Key Sections
       
• Information Policy from the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA):
   
  • M-00-10 - Implementing the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA)
    •    Achieving Electronic Government: Instructions for Implementing GPEA
  • M-00-07 - Incorporating and Funding Security in Information Systems Investments
  • M-99-20 - Security of Federal Automated Information Resources
  • M-99-05 - President's Memo on Privacy and Records
  • M-98-09 - Online E-FOIA Handbook
  • M-98-05 - Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
  • M-97-16 - IT Architectures
  • M-97-12 - Evaluating Capital Planning & Investment Control
  • M-97-10 - E-FOIA Handbook
  • M-97-09 - Interagency Support for IT
  • M-97-07 - Multiagency Contracts under ITMRA
  • M-97-02 - Funding IT Investments (Raines' Rules)
  • M-96-20 - Implementation of ITMRA
  • M-95-22 - Information Dissemination
  • Bulletin 98-09 - Information Collection Budget
  • Bulletin 95-01 - Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
  • Data Exchanges with the States, May 19, 1998
  • Evaluating Information Technology Investments

General Accounting Office (GAO)

• Publications:  Computer and Information Technology
   
  • Information Technology Investment Evaluation Guide
  • Information Security Risk Assessement
  • Measuring Performance and Results of IT Investments

General Services Administration (GSA)

• Office of Governmentwide Policy
   
  • IT Policy On-Ramp
  • Part 39 - Acquisition of Information Technology, Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

• Electronic Records Management - 36 CFR 1234.10(d), (h), and (m) and 1234.20(a)
• Agency Responsibilities - 1222.20
  • Referencing 18 USC 2071, Concealment, Removal, or Mutilation of Records and Other Materials
• Removal of Records - 1222.40
• Removal of Nonrecord Materials - 1222.42
• Bulletin 2001-02 - GPEA Guidance
  • Records Management for E-Signatures
• Disposition of E-records - Bulletins 2000-02 | 99-05 | 98-02
• Bulletin 95-03 - GILS

Department of Justice (DOJ)

• M-00-15 - Legal Considerations Related to GPEA
  • Guide for Federal Agencies

Department of the Interior (DOI)

• DOI Manual, including:
   
  • 376 DM 4 - Automated Data Processing
  • 380 DM 1 - Records Management Program and Responsibilities
  • 380 DM 3 - Records Management

This page last modified July 23, 2002, by Owen Ambur
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