[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21222-21223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10636]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Draft Information Quality Guidelines: Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission is announcing the 
availability of a draft of its Guidelines for Ensuring the Quality, 
Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information disseminated by the 
Commission.

DATES: Comments must be received by July 1, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be captioned ``Information Quality 
Guidelines'' and mailed to the Office of the Secretary, Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207, or delivered to that 
office, room 502, East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Comments 
may also be filed by facsimile to (301) 504-0127 or by e-mail to [email protected], or by the Web site comment submission form at http://www.cpsc.gov/feedback.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph F. Rosenthal, Office of the 
General Counsel, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 301-504-0980, e-
mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These draft guidelines and supporting 
documents are available on the Internet at http://www.cpsc.gov/library/infoguides.pdf and are issued pursuant to section 515 of the Treasury 
and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001, Public 
Law 106-554, which mandated that the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) 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

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information) disseminated by Federal agencies.'' The statute further 
requires OMB to require each Federal agency to issue its own 
guidelines. OMB's amended final guidance appears at 67 FR 8452, 
February 22, 2002, and at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/final_information_quality.htm. The OMB guidelines, as further revised 
at 67 FR 9797, March 4, 2002, require each Federal agency to post its 
own draft guidelines on the Internet by May 1, 2002. Based on comments 
from the public and OMB, final agency guidelines will be issued by 
October 1, 2002. Thereafter, starting on January 1, 2004, agencies must 
file annual fiscal year reports to OMB on the number, nature and 
resolution of complaints about alleged noncompliance with the agency 
guidelines.
    A paper copy of the guidelines may also be obtained by telephoning 
Mary Kelsey at 301-504-0000.

    Dated: April 25, 2002.
Todd Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 02-10636 Filed 4-29-02; 8:45 am]
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