[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69027-69028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28717]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Information Quality Guidelines Pursuant to Section 515 of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of final Information Quality Guidelines.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued guidelines in
the Federal Register on February 22, 2002 (67 FR 8452), that directed
Federal agencies to issue and implement guidelines to ensure and
maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of Government
information disseminated to the public. In
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compliance with OMB's guidelines, the Bureau of Reclamation announces
the availability of its final Information Quality Guidelines on its Web
site.
ADDRESSES: You may access Reclamation's Information Quality Guidelines
on its Web site at: http://www.usbr.gov/main/qoi/. Our mailing address
is: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Attn: Web
Manager (W-1540), Mail Stop 7060, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC
20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trudy Harlow; telephone (202) 513-
0575; Fax (202) 513-0305; e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 515 of the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Pub. L. 106-554)
directed OMB to issue government-wide guidelines that ``provide policy
and procedural guidance to Federal agencies for ensuring and maximizing
the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information
(including statistical information) disseminated by Federal agencies.''
OMB complied by issuing guidelines that directed each Federal agency
to: (a) issue its own guidelines; (b) establish administrative
mechanisms allowing affected persons to seek and obtain correction of
information that does not comply with OMB's 515 guidelines; and (c)
report periodically to the Director of OMB on the number and nature of
complaints received by the agency regarding the accuracy of information
disseminated by the agency and how such complaints were handled by the
agency.
In compliance with OMB's directives, the Department of the Interior
(DOI) issued draft Information Quality Guidelines in the Federal
Register on May 24, 2002 (65 FR 26642), that instructed each bureau to
prepare its own guidelines. In response to DOI's Federal Register
Notice, Reclamation developed and issued draft guidelines for comment
on its Web site on August 1, 2002. We received comments from one
private organization and several individuals. We considered their
comments, and where applicable or appropriate, we incorporated them
into our final guidelines.
We have now finalized our guidelines and posted them to our Web
site. These guidelines are a living document and may be revised
periodically to reflect changes in DOI's or Reclamation's policy, or as
best practices emerge, about how best to address, ensure, and maximize
information quality. Reclamation welcomes comments on these guidelines
at any time and will consider those comments in any future revisions.
Dated: October 10, 2002.
John W. Keys III,
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 02-28717 Filed 11-13-02; 8:45 am]
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