[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21681-21682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10721]


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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION


Proposed Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, 
Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the 
Farm Credit Administration

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed guidelines.

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SUMMARY: Section 515 of the Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-554; H.R. 5658) 
requires all Federal agencies to issue guidelines ensuring and 
maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 
information (including statistical information) that they disseminate. 
Agencies are required to issue their guidelines within 1 year after the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued procedural guidance to 
them. See 66 FR 49718, September 28, 2001. OMB's final guidance 
requires agencies to post their draft guidelines on their Web sites by 
May 1, 2002. The agencies are also required to publish a notice of the 
availability of their draft guidelines in the Federal Register. See 67 
FR 369, January 3, 2002. The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) is hereby 
publishing notice of the availability of its draft guidelines on its 
Web site at http://www.fca.gov as of May 1, 2002.

DATES: Please send your comments to FCA by May 31, 2002.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments on the draft guidelines by electronic 
mail to Doug Valcour at [email protected]. You may also mail or deliver 
written comments to Doug Valcour, Chief Information Officer, Office of 
Chief Information Officer, Farm Credit Administration, 1501 Farm Credit 
Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102-5090 or fax them to (703) 734-5784. You 
may review copies of all comments we receive in the Office of Chief 
Information Officer, Farm Credit Administration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Thomas, Director, Information 
Management Division, Office of Chief Information Officer, Farm Credit 
Administration, McLean, VA 22102-5090, (703) 883-4119, TDD (703) 883-
4444; or Doug Valcour, Chief Information Officer, Office of Chief 
Information Officer, Farm Credit Administration, 1501 Farm Credit 
Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102-5090, (703) 883-4166, TDD (703) 883-4444.

    Dated: April 26, 2002.
Kelly Mikel Williams,
Secretary, Farm Credit Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-10721 Filed 4-30-02; 8:45 am]
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