Information Collection Request, Review, and Approval System (ICRAS)
Investment ID: 018-000002015
Overview
Program Title
Information Collection Request, Review, and Approval System (ICRAS)
Agency
Description
ICRAS is an automated web-based system that manages the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance process.
Type of Program
Non-major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Investment Detail
ICRAS provides single entry for program office staff to electronically submit information collection requests to OPEPD for review. Once the system has been reestablished, in out years all costs for maintaining the system could be shared by partner agencies who have interest in using the system. There are no ED development costs, no server maintenance costs, and no per request charges for troubleshooting by ED Infra GTS. ICRAS is hosted on the AWS platform - a FedRAMP certified platform - outside of ED and is accessed using ED GFE - which require no additional software in order to use the system. In addition to cost savings, the department saves at minimum $150,000 per year in development and contractor support costs from maintenance of a standalone solution that cannot be accessed by ED employees.