Government Paperwork Elimination Act
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is working through
the Federal CIO Council to disseminate guidance to Federal agencies
on GPEA policies, best practices, and reporting requirements.
The DOI CIO has responsibility for providing guidance within Interior
regarding GPEA for overseeing implementation of GPEA transactions
and for ensuring that resources needed to implement the GPEA requirements
are captured in the Department’s IT Strategic Plan and in IT capital
asset budget plans and justifications. More information about
the CIO Council’s implementation of GPEA can be found at: http://www.cio.gov/.
Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA), Title XVII, P.L.
105-277, 10/21/98. GPEA requires Federal agencies, by 10/21/2003,
to provide for the option (1) of electronic maintenance, submission
or disclosure of information, when practicable as a substitute
for paper, and (2) use and acceptance of electronic signatures,
when practicable.
GSA’s Access Certificates for Electronic Commerce (ACES) program
facilitates secure on-line access to Government information and
services by the public through the use of public key infrastructure/digital
signature technology. ACES can be of significant benefit in implementing
digital signature provisions of GPEA. More information about GSA’s
ACES program can be found at: http://www.gsa.gov/aces.
The General Accounting Office (GA0) issued a report on 9/15/2000,
Government Paperwork Elimination Act Presents Challenges for Agencies,
GAO/AIMD-00-282. The URL for the report is http://www.gao.gov/new.items/ai00282.pdf.
OMB’s guidance, in addition to procedural guidance for GPEA
reporting, requires that an agency’s GPEA plan relate to strategic
IT planning in the budget process. If an agency needs additional
resources to implement the plan, its budget request under OMB
Circular A-11should reflect that need, and agency Government Performance
and Results Act reports should address progress in implementing
GPEA and e-government initiatives.
Questions regarding GPEA policies and guidance for DOI shoulde
be addressed to ed_mcceney@ios.doi.gov.
DOI
GPEA Points of Contact (pdf file)
DOI Report to OMB - Submission of Plans to Implement GPEA:
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