[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21319-21320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10575]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. OST-2002-11996]


Draft Report Implementing OMB's Information Dissemination Quality 
Guidelines

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) is drafting 
Departmental guidelines to implement section 515 of the Treasury and 
General Government Appropriations Act for FY 2001 (Pub. L. 106-554). 
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued Government-wide 
guidelines under Section 515 which direct each Federal agency to 
establish and implement written procedures to ensure and maximize the 
quality, utility, objectivity and integrity of the information that 
they disseminate.

DATES: Comments should be submitted by May 31, 2002.

ADDRESSES: You may file comments using the Internet by logging in on 
DOT's Dockets Management System (DMS) website at http://dms.dot.gov. 
Please follow the online instructions for submitting an electronic 
comment and for reviewing all comments on line. Once received, a 
notification receipt will be forwarded to you. You may fax your 
comments to the DMS at (202) 493-2251. You may also submit your 
comments by mail or in person by sending your comments to the U. S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Dockets and Media 
Management to the Docket Clerk, Docket No. OST-2002-11996, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Room PL401, Washington, DC 20590-0001. If you would like 
the Department to acknowledge receipt of your written comments, you 
must include a self-addressed stamped postcard on which the following 
statement is made: ``Comments on Docket OST-2002-11996.'' The Docket 
Clerk will date stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the 
U.S. mail. Comments should identify the docket number. Written comments 
should be submitted in duplicate.
    The Office of Dockets and Media Management is open for examination 
and copying, at the above address, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays. All comments received will be 
available for inspection at the above address.
    Please note that due to current mail security procedures affecting 
U.S. Postal Service delivery to Government offices, commenters may find 
it advantageous to use an alternative method (the internet, fax, or 
professional delivery service) to submit comments to the Docket and 
ensure their timely receipt at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vanester M. Williams, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, U. S. Department of Transportation; 202-366-
1771 (not a toll-free call) or by email at 
[email protected]. For specific inquiries on the 
Department's administrative mechanisms for allowing persons to seek 
correction of information, please contact Robert Ashby, Office of the 
General Counsel, U. S. Department of Transportation; 202-366-9310 (not 
a toll-free call) or by email at [email protected]. For specific 
inquiries on the Department's

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statistical guidelines, please contact Dr. Patrick Flanagan, Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics, U. S. Department of Transportation; 202-366-
4168 (not a toll-free call) or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department's information quality 
guidelines will apply to a wide variety of its information 
dissemination activities in order to meet basic information quality 
standards set forth by Section 515. The purpose of these guidelines is 
to provide a framework under which the Department will allow affected 
persons an opportunity to seek and obtain correction of information 
maintained and disseminated by the Department that does not comply with 
these guidelines. DOT designated the Departmental Chief Information 
Officer (CIO) as the senior official responsible for DOT compliance 
with these guidelines. Final guidelines will be effective October 1, 
2002.
    The written procedures established within DOT's guidelines apply to 
all organizational components of the Department. For DOT organizations 
that require additional guidelines, these organizations should 
implement corresponding procedures that meet the terms of these 
Departmental guidelines. For the purposes of these guidelines, the term 
``DOT organizations'' refer to:

Office of the Secretary (OST)
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA)
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC)
Transportation Administrative Service Center (TASC)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
United States Coast Guard (USCG)

    As provided in OMB's guidelines implementing Section 515, the 
Department is publishing this notice of availability of its draft 
quality guidelines in the Federal Register. The draft guidelines 
themselves are posted on the Department's DMS website at http://dms.dot.gov to provide an opportunity for public comment. We invite 
comments on all aspects of the guidelines, with emphasis on the 
following general questions:
    1. Are the Department's draft guidelines adequate for ensuring and 
maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of its 
disseminated information as set out in OMB's notice of January 3, 2002?
    2. Are the Department's procedures for allowing affected persons to 
seek and obtain correction of information appropriate?
    Instructions for filing comments may also be found in the 
guidelines document posted on the Department's DMS web site. The 
Department will review all comments submitted in response to its draft 
guidelines. The comments will be available for public review on the DMS 
web site.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2002.
Eugene K. Taylor, Jr.,
Deputy CIO, U.S. Department of Transportation.
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