Such an inventory is mandated by paragraph 3506(b)(4) of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). And section 3511 of the PRA requires agencies to establish and maintain their components of the Government Information Locator Service (GILS). Meanwhile, the Federal Records Act requires agencies to make and preserve adequate records of their activities and the important information they possess. Who should be the judge of the adequacy of our records? ... GPRA suggests that it should be our stakeholders (including Congress, of course).

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