[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53625-53626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20790]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


Institute of Museum and Library Services; Solicitation of Public 
Comments on Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality 
Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the 
Institute of Museum and Library Services

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services.

ACTION: Notice and request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announces 
that its draft Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, 
Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the 
Institute of Museum and Library Services have been posted on its Web 
site, www.imls.gov. IMLS invites public comments on its draft 
Guidelines and will consider the comments received in developing its 
final Guidelines.

DATES: Comments are due on or before September 15, 2002. Final 
Guidelines are to be published by October 1, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Office of General Counsel, Institute 
of Museum and Library Services, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20506, [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy E. Weiss, General Counsel, 
telephone 202-606-5414, [email protected]. Hearing-impaired individuals 
may contact IMLS by TDD/TTY at 202-8636.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 515 of the Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act for FY 2001 (Pub. L. 106-554) requires 
each Federal agency to publish guidelines for ensuring and maximizing 
the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information it 
disseminates. Agency guidelines must be based on government-wide 
guidelines issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (see 67 
FR 8451-8460). In compliance with this statutory requirement and OMB 
instructions, IMLS has posted its draft Information

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Quality Guidelines on its Web site (www.imls.gov).
    The Guidelines describe the agency's procedures for ensuring the 
quality of information that it disseminates and the procedures by which 
an affected person may obtain correction of information disseminated by 
IMLS that does not comply with the Guidelines. IMLS invites public 
comments on its draft Guidelines and will consider the comments 
received in developing its proposed final Guidelines, which must be 
submitted to OMB for review. The agency's final Guidelines are to be 
published by October 1, 2002. Persons who cannot access the draft 
Guidelines through the Internet may request a paper or electronic copy 
by contacting the Office of the General Counsel.

    Dated: August 12, 2002.
Nancy E. Weiss,
Federal Register Officer, National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 02-20790 Filed 8-15-02; 8:45 am]
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