[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 37851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13414]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4769-N-01]


Notice of Availability of HUD Information Quality Guidelines and 
Request for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Through this notice, HUD is advising the public that its draft 
for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility and 
integrity of information disseminated to the public by HUD 
(``Information Quality Guidelines'') is available for review and 
comment on HUD's Web site at www.hud.gov.

DATES: Comments on HUD's Information Quality Guidelines will be 
accepted through July 1, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General Counsel, Room 
10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20410-0500. Communications should refer to the 
above docket number and title. A copy of each communication submitted 
will be available for public inspection and copying between 7:30 a.m. 
and 5:30 p.m. weekdays at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Dorf, Director, Office of 
Grant Management and Compliance, Office of Administration, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, Room 2182, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20410-0500; telephone--(202) 708-0667 (this is not a 
toll-free number). Hearing or speech-impaired individuals may access 
this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay 
Service at (800) 877-8399.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 515 of the Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Pub. L. 106-554) 
directed the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to 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 
information) disseminated by Federal agencies.'' Within one year after 
OMB issues its guidelines, agencies must issue their own guidelines 
that will describe internal mechanisms by which agencies will ensure 
that their information meets the standards of quality, objectivity, 
utility and integrity. The mechanism also must allow affected persons 
to seek and obtain correction of information maintained and 
disseminated by the agency that does not comply with the guidelines.
    OMB issued its final guidelines on September 28, 2001 (66 FR 
49718), but requested additional comment on one component of the OMB 
guidelines. The OMB guidelines addressing additional public comment 
were published on January 3, 2002 (67 FR 369) and republished on 
February 22, 2002 (67 FR 6452).
    Agencies must issue their final guidelines by October 1, 2002. OMB 
is also requiring that agencies issue draft guidelines for public 
comment by May 1, 2002. The agencies' draft guidelines need not be 
published in the Federal Register but agencies should provide 
notification in the Federal Register that the draft guidelines are 
available on agencies' Web sites.
    This notice advises the public that HUD's draft guidelines are 
available on its Web site for review and public comment. While the 
public is reviewing these guidelines and providing comment, HUD will 
continue to review as well. HUD will notify the public of any 
significant changes made as a result of internal HUD review and provide 
the opportunity for further public comment. By July 1, 2002, OMB is 
requiring agencies to submit draft guidelines to OMB for review that 
take into consideration public comment.
    HUD welcomes your comments on the draft guidelines.

    Dated: May 22, 2002.
Vickers B. Meadows,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-13414 Filed 5-29-02; 8:45 am]
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