[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38540-38541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13989]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Information Quality Guidelines

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Notice of guidelines and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (``SBA'') is seeking 
public comments on its draft report

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(``Report'') concerning SBA's proposed information quality guidelines. 
The Report describes the guidelines that SBA proposes to follow to 
ensure and maximize the quality of information it disseminates, and the 
administrative mechanism SBA proposes to use to allow affected persons 
to seek and obtain correction of information SBA maintains and 
disseminates.

DATES: Comments are due on June 30, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Chet Francis, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 Third 
Street, SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20416.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chet Francis, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, (202) 205-6289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Office of Management and 
Budget ``Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, 
Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by 
Federal Agencies,'' effective January 3, 2002 (``OMB Guidelines''), SBA 
is required to issue its own information quality guidelines and to 
establish an administrative mechanism for affected persons to seek and 
obtain correction of information maintained and disseminated by SBA 
that does not comply with the OMB Guidelines. SBA also must issue a 
draft report presenting these two items, and make such report available 
to the public for comment. SBA's draft Report is available to the 
public on SBA's web site at http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/infoqualityguidelines.pdf, or by calling Chet Francis at (202) 205-
6289, or writing to him at Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street, SW, Suite 4000, 
Washington, DC 20416.
    SBA specifically seeks comments on (1) whether SBA's draft 
guidelines are adequate to ensure and maximize the quality, 
objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information, including 
statistical information, that SBA disseminates; and (2) whether SBA's 
draft administrative mechanism, for affected persons to seek and obtain 
correction of information maintained and disseminated by SBA that does 
not comply with the OMB Guidelines, is adequate.
    After consideration of public comments, SBA will make appropriate 
revisions to the draft Report and submit it to OMB for review by no 
later than July 1, 2002. Upon completion of OMB's review and 
finalization of the Report, SBA will make its final Report available to 
the public by no later than October 1, 2002.

    Authority: Section 515(a) of the Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act for FY 2001, Pub. L. No. 106-554; Office of 
Management and Budget ``Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the 
Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information 
Disseminated by Federal Agencies,'' effective January 3, 2002, 67 FR 
8452 (Feb. 22, 2002).

Lawrence E. Barrett,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-13989 Filed 6-3-02; 8:45 am]
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