Jul, 2023
Tackling the Time Tax: How the Federal Government is Reducing Burdens to Accessing Critical Benefits and Services
United States. Office of Management and Budget
From the document: "By one estimate, every year more than $140 billion in government benefits that Congress has authorized goes unclaimed--including tax credits for working families, health insurance coverage for low-income adults and children, unemployment benefits, and disability supports. [...] These unclaimed benefits increase material insecurity, make it harder for small businesses to grow, make it harder for families to climb out of poverty, and undermine our country's economic potential. One important reason why members of the public do not take advantage of government programs for which they may be eligible are administrative burdens--costs like the 'time tax' required to learn about a program, fill out paperwork, assemble required documents, and schedule visits to government offices. [...] These costs do not just carry economic consequences; they also sap Americans' trust in the ability of government to meet their basic needs or operate efficiently or fairly. [...] For all these reasons, reducing burdens across public benefits and services is a central priority for the Biden-Harris Administration, as well as a central priority for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Through its implementation of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), OIRA is charged with ensuring that the Federal government minimizes the burdens that fall on members of the public through government forms. [...] In this report, we summarize over 100 burden reduction initiatives across 20 Federal agencies. Further, we provide complete descriptions of six significant burden reduction initiatives that use the leading practices OIRA outlined in our guidance."
    Details
  • URL
  • Publisher
    United States. Office of Management and Budget
  • Date
    Jul, 2023
  • Copyright
    Public Domain
  • Retrieved From
    The White House: www.whitehouse.gov/
  • Format
    pdf
  • Media Type
    application/pdf
  • Subject
    Economic assistance, American--Government policy

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