Biennial Review of Fees

OMB Circular A-25, User Charges, requires the biennial review of agency programs to determine whether fees should be charged for government goods or services, and to ascertain that existing charges are adjusted to reflect unanticipated changes in costs or market values.

The Department conducts a review of its programs biennially, with some bureaus conducting annual reviews. In the current review, the Department noted that all bureaus, except for one bureau receiving an exemption from Circular A-25, adjusted their fees to meet the Circular A-25 requirement of full-cost recovery for user charges.