[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 114 (Thursday, June 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 40755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14843]


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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, 
Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Office of 
Management and Budget

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget.

ACTION: Notice of guidelines and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is extending the 
comment period regarding its draft Information Quality Guidelines from 
June 14, 2002, to July 1, 2002. OMB is also announcing an extension of 
the date by which agencies have to submit their draft final information 
quality guidelines to OMB from no later than July 1, 2002, to no later 
than August 1, 2002. OMB encourages agencies to use thus extra time to 
provide the public with additional time to comment on their draft 
guidelines.

DATES: Written comments regarding OMB's draft Information Quality 
Guidelines are due by July 1, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments to Jefferson B. Hill of the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC 20503. Comments can also be e-mailed to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jefferson B. Hill, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC 20503. Telephone: (202) 395-3176.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 1, 2002 (67 FR 21779), OMB announced 
it was seeking comments on its draft Information Quality Guidelines by 
June 14, 2002. OMB is now extending that comment period to July 1, 
2002. These Information Quality Guidelines describe OMB's pre-
dissemination information quality control and an administrative 
mechanism for requests for correction of information publicly 
disseminated by OMB. The draft Information Quality Guidelines are 
posted on OMB's Web site, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/index.html.
    On January 3, 2002 (67 FR 369), with a correction published on 
February 22, 2002 (67 FR 8452), OMB published government-wide 
Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, 
Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies. 
Paragraph IV.5 of these Guidelines calls upon each agency Ano later 
than July 1, 2002,'' to submit the agency's draft final information 
quality guidelines to OMB for review regarding the consistency of its 
guidelines with OMB's January 3 government-wide Guidelines. OMB is 
extending this deadline to no later than August 1, 2002.
    This extension of the July 1 deadline to August 1 provides agencies 
additional time to seek public comment on their proposed information 
quality guidelines, and to reconsider their draft guidelines in light 
of the public comments they do receive.

    Dated: June 6, 2002.
John D. Graham,
Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-14843 Filed 6-12-02; 8:45 am]
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