44 USC § 3513 - Director review of agency activities; reporting; agency response

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title: "44 USC § 3513 - Director review of agency activities; reporting; agency response"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
section_number: "3513"
section_name: "Director review of agency activities; reporting; agency response"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY"
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last_updated: "2025-02-05"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–13, § 2, May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 181; amended Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1100D(b), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2111.)"
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# § 3513. Director review of agency activities; reporting; agency response

**(a)** In consultation with the Administrator of General Services, the Archivist of the United States, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, the Director shall periodically review selected agency information resources management activities to ascertain the efficiency and effectiveness of such activities to improve agency performance and the accomplishment of agency missions.

**(b)** Each agency having an activity reviewed under subsection (a) shall, within 60 days after receipt of a report on the review, provide a written plan to the Director describing steps (including milestones) to—

**(1)** be taken to address information resources management problems identified in the report; and

**(2)** improve agency performance and the accomplishment of agency missions.

**(c)** **Comparable Treatment.—** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director shall treat or review a rule or order prescribed or proposed by the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection on the same terms and conditions as apply to any rule or order prescribed or proposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–13, § 2, May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 181; amended Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1100D(b), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2111.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3513, added , , ; amended , , , related to periodic review of agency activities by Director and report of review and agency response to it prior to the general amendment of this chapter by .

### Amendments

2010—Subsec. (c).  added subsec. (c).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2010 Amendment

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### Effective Date

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