REVIEW OF FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS--REFORM 88

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00148R000501010008-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 28, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 8, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
OCT 8 1982
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FROM: Joseph R. Wright, Jr.
Deputy Director
The Reform 188 effort is under way and you will be receiving
results of our combined efforts to improve the management of the
Federal government and to reduce costs. An area that continually
receives public attention is periodicals and pamphlets since
printing had been growing during the previous Administration. We
are making real progress in reversing that trend.
We have just completed a major review of federal periodicals and
pamphlets. Our report on this inventory of periodicals and
pamphlets is provided for your information. At an October 6 news
conference, I announced the results of the initial phase of the
Reagan Administration's continuing drive to eliminate costly,
redundant and superfluous publications.
In response to the April 1981 Presidential directive and the
exhaustive review conducted by the agencies and OMB, sixteen
percent of all government publications will be discontinued. The
number of government publications will be reduced from about
1.2,000 to 10,000. While a number of agencies are taking
significant actions to reduce this inventory, the report reveals
that some agencies are not doing enough to fulfill the
President's memorandum of April 20, 1981, to eliminate wasteful
spending on these activities.
We will be monitoring future progress toward the P-:z.sident's gGai
of eliminating or reducing unnecessary and low-priority
publications. This will be done as a part of the management
tracking system designed for Management i' form '88. Please
revise your goals for inclusion in this %vstem by further
reducing spending tai publications, and rG.flecting these
reductions in revise.' Exhibits A, B, and C to Supplement No. 1 of
Bulletin 81-16.
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All agencies should review the list of publications and add those
that have not yet been inventoried. This inventory list should
be reduced significantly by your next review. These marked-up
exhibits need to be received by November 15, 1982, to be reviewed
during the 1984 Budget process. As a part of the cost reduction
effort, you should review your periodicals to obtain higher user
fees, and to determine the applicability of OMB Circular A-3 to
more of your periodicals. We will be conducting an interagency
review to identify additional duplication and overlap in existing
publications. Materials specific to each agency are attached for
your staff's review.
We look forward to your continued cooperation in fulfilling the
President's objective in this important management improvement
initiative. If your staff have any questions, please have them
call our Management Improvement and Evaluation Division
(395-5193).
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