[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 21777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10666]


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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD


Information Quality Guidelines

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or the Board) 
announces that its draft information Quality Guidelines have been 
posted on the MSPB Web site. The Board invites public comments on its 
draft Guidelines and will consider the comments received in developing 
its final Guidelines.

DATES: Comments are due on or before June 10, 2002. Final Guidelines 
are to be published by October 1, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Office of the Clerk of the Board, 
Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 
20419. Comments may be submitted by e-mail to [email protected] or by 
facsimile to (202) 653-7130.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannon McCarthy, Acting Clerk of the 
Board, 1615 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20419; telephone (202) 653-
7200; facsimile (202) 653-7130; e-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 515 of the Treasury & General 
Government Appropriations Act for FY 2001 (Public Law No. 106-554) 
requires each Federal agency to publish guidelines for ensuring and 
maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 
information it disseminates to the public. Agency guidelines must be 
based on government-wide guidelines issued by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). In compliance with this statutory requirement and OMB 
instructions, the MSPB has posted its draft Information Quality 
Guidelines on the MSPB Web site (www.mspb.gov) under ``What's new.'' 
The Guidelines describe the agency's procedures for ensuring the 
quality of information that it disseminates to the public and the 
procedures by which an affected person may obtain correction of 
information disseminated by the MSPB that does not comply with the 
Guidelines. The Board invites public comments on its draft Guidelines 
and will consider the comments received in developing its proposed 
final Guidelines, which must be submitted to OMB for review by July 1, 
2002. The agency's final Guidelines must be published by October 1, 
2002. Persons who cannot access the draft Guidelines through the 
Internet may request a paper or electronic copy by contacting the 
Office of the Clerk of the Board.

    Dated: April 25, 2002.
Shannon McCarthy,
Acting Clerk of the Board.
[FR Doc. 02-10666 Filed 4-30-02; 8:45 am]
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