RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FORMS MANAGEMENT CENTER - 1702

The Forms Management Center (FMC) is responsible for carrying out the provisions of Government Code Section 14771 on behalf of the director of the Department of General Services. These responsibilities include:

1. Establishing standards, policies and procedures to carry out the state’s forms management program.
2. Assisting agencies in developing programs for the effective management, analysis and design of forms.
3. Establishing basic design and specification criteria for the state forms.
4. Maintaining a central cross-index of state agency forms, eliminating redundant forms while providing a central source of information for users.
5. Establishing a program for the management of the state standard (STD.) forms.
6. Studying, developing, designing, revising, coordinating, and managing the state’s STD. forms in cooperation with the agencies responsible for their content.
7. Obtaining information and reports from agencies as required administering the program and evaluating its progress.