S 855 · 105th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Responsive Government Act

Introduced 1997-06-09· Sponsored by Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management.(1998-06-25)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Responsive Government Act - Directs each Federal agency, no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, to prescribe regulations requiring each office of the agency having contact with the public to: (1) ensure that the telephone number for the office is published in an appropriate telephone directory widely available to the local public; (2) provide a person to answer the telephone line through which the office makes initial contact with the public; (3) prohibit the use of any electronic, computer, or mechanical device to answer such telephone line, except in an office in which there is one employee; (4) provide for the answering of such telephone line u: l 5:00 p.m. according to the time zone in which the office is located, for which the office is conducting official business; and (5) require all correspondence originating from the agency to include the official telephone number of the person sending the correspondence. Directs the head of each Federal agency to: (1) establish the location of each service oriented office in an area with parking facilities accessible to the public; (2) take such actions as necessary to remove any computer game program not required for the off…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (4)

4 Republicans