Sec. 11. Limitation on Government printing costs
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall coordinate with the heads of Federal departments and independent agencies— to determine which Government publications could be available on Government Internet websites and no longer printed; to devise a strategy to reduce overall Government printing costs over the 10-year period beginning on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that the Director shall ensure that essential printed documents prepared for social security recipients, Medicare beneficiaries, and other populations in areas with limited Internet access or use continue to remain available; to establish Government-wide Federal guidelines on employee printing; to issue on the Office of Management and Budget’s public Internet website the results of a cost-benefit analysis on implementing a digital signature system and on establishing employee printing identification systems, such as the use of individual employee cards or codes; and to monitor the amount of printing done by Federal employees, except that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall ensure that Federal employee printing costs unrelated to national defense, homeland security, border security, national disasters, and other emergencies do not exceed $860,000,000 annually.