[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 60239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24313]


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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION


Proposed Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, 
Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the 
Farm Credit Administration

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability of final guidelines.

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SUMMARY: Section 515 of the Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Pub. L. 106-554; H.R. 5658; 
hereafter referred to as section 515) required all agencies to issue 
guidelines ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, 
and integrity of the information (including statistical information) 
that they disseminate. Agencies were required to issue their guidelines 
within 1 year after the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued 
procedural guidance to them. OMB's guidance required agencies to post 
their final guidelines on their Web sites by October 1, 2002. The 
agencies were also required to publish a notice of the availability of 
their final guidelines in the Federal Register. The Farm Credit 
Administration (FCA) is hereby publishing notice of the availability of 
its final guidelines on its Web site at http://www.FCA.gov.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Thomas, Director, Information 
Management Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Farm 
Credit Administration, McLean, VA 22102-5090, (703) 883-4119, TDD (703) 
883-4444.

or

    Doug Valcour, Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, Farm Credit Administration, 1501 Farm Credit 
Drive, McLean, VA 22102-5090, (703) 883-4166, TDD (703) 883-4444.

    Dated: September 19, 2002.
Jeanette C. Brinkley,
Acting Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board.
[FR Doc. 02-24313 Filed 9-24-02; 8:45 am]
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