[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 42 (Monday, March 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 9797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4999]


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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, 
Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the 
President.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On January 3, 2002, OMB published Guidelines for Ensuring and 
Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of 
Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies. Paragraph IV.3 of these 
Guidelines calls upon each agency to ``prepare a draft report, no later 
than April 1, 2002, providing the agency's information quality 
guidelines and explaining how such guidelines will ensure and maximize 
the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information, 
including statistical information disseminated by the agency.'' 
Paragraph IV.4 calls upon each agency to ``publish a notice of 
availability of this draft report in the Federal Register, and post 
this report on the agency's website, to provide an opportunity for 
public comment.'' This notice announces an extension of that April 1, 
2002, deadline to May 1, 2002. Agencies should now ``prepare a draft 
report, no later than May 1, 2002,'' providing the material called for 
in these Guidelines.

DATES: Effective Date: March 4, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brooke J. Dickson, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC 20503. Telephone (202) 395-3785 or by e-mail to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
published proposed guidelines in the Federal Register on June 28, 2001 
(66 FR 34489). OMB published final guidelines in the Federal Register 
on September 28, 2001 (66 FR 49718), and republished the final 
guidelines, with amendments, on January 3, 2002 (67 FR 369) and 
corrections thereto on February 5, 2002 (67 FR 5365).
    This extension of the April 1, 2002, deadline to May 1, 2002, 
provides agencies additional time to develop and prepare their draft 
guidelines. While some agencies may be ready to release their draft 
guidelines for public review and comment prior to May 1, 2002, others 
have requested additional time.

    Dated: February 25, 2002.
John D. Graham,
Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-4999 Filed 3-1-02; 8:45 am]
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