Information Policy Taken for Granted in New GAO Report

In 21st Century Challenges: Reexamining the Base of the Federal Government, the GAO proposes re-thinking the federal government's role in 12 areas of national life:

National Defense
Education and Employment
Financial Regulation
Health Care
Homeland Security
International Relations
National Resources
Retirement and Disability Policy
Science and Technology
Transportation
Governance Capacity
Tax System

Although information flow is given some attention in the report's Governance discussion, information policy is by and large overlooked. Is not information policy as important to our national life as the 12 listed areas of concern?