[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 150 (Monday, August 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 50687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19609]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Information Quality Guidelines Pursuant to Section 515 of the 
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 
(Public Law 106-554; H.R. 5658)

AGENCY: U.S. Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Proposed Bureau Information Quality 
Guidelines for: Bureau of Land Management; Bureau of Reclamation; Fish 
and Wildlife Service; Office of Surface Mining; Minerals Management 
Service; National Park Service; U.S. Geological Survey.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior is issuing notice of 
availability of the proposed bureau-specific Information Quality 
Guidelines in order to comply with the guidance published by the Office 
of Management and Budget, in the Federal Register, Vol., 2, No. 67, 
dated January 2, 2002, and re-issued February 22, 2002, Vol. 67, No. 
36.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Trent, U.S. Department of the 
Interior, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Phone: 202-208-6051, 
fax: 202-501-7864.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Interior issued 
proposed draft guidelines, made available for public comment on the web 
at http://www.mms.gov/whatsnew/ on May 24, 2002, which provide a 
framework for these bureau policies and which may be referred to for 
more information, The U.S. Department of the Interior, its offices, and 
its component bureaus disseminate a wide variety of information to the 
public regarding the Nation's Federal lands, National Parks, natural 
resources, geographic and spatial data, wildlife and fisheries, and 
Indian lands. As the Department of the Interior operates a 
decentralized information management program, its subordinate bureaus 
are responsible for establishing administrative procedures for review 
of information quality. These proposed Information Quality Guidelines 
detail the procedures under which each separate bureau intends to 
operate. These documents are intended to incorporate the basic guidance 
set forth by the Office of Management and Budget, and the proposed 
guidance published by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Persons 
interested in reviewing the proposed Information Quality Guidelines 
issued by the Bureau of Land Management; Bureau of Reclamation; Fish 
and Wildlife Service; Office of Surface Mining; Minerals Management 
Service; National Parks Service; and the U.S. Geological Survey, may 
access these proposed guidelines via the website for the U.S. 
Department of the Interior (http://;www.doi.gov), then accessing 
Bureaus, then the bureau(s) of interest. Comments on a particular 
bureau's proposed guidelines should be submitted to that bureau 
according to the instructions on its website. Comment period will be 
open no less than thirty (30) days. The bureaus may specify a longer 
period.

    Dated: July 26, 2002.
P. Lynn Scarlett,
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 02-19609 Filed 8-2-02; 8:45 am]
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