Written in response to a request by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) for information on the extent to which federal agencies are not complying with the clearance provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, this brief narrative report presents the results of an Information Management and Technology Division survey of 90 out of 2,551 information collection requests that had expired between January 1, 1982 and December 31, 1985. The study revealed that, of the 90 information collection requests, 38 were no longer needed, 43 were reapproved under new numbers, and nine were being used by the agencies after their expiration dates, without Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. The following additional information is appended: (1) background information; (2) objectives, scope, and methodology of the study; (3) status of expired information collection requests; (4) sampling methodology, data collection, quality control, and projected results; (5) percentage of burden hours, number of requests, and number of burden hours; (6) number of sample information collection requests in each stratum; (7) results of sample by stratum and category; (8) number of projected information collection requests in each category; (9) number of projected burden hours in each category; and (10) agencies visited and surveyed. (KM)