[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61340-61341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24676]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


FDIC Information Quality Guidelines

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of availability of guidelines.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) Information 
Quality Guidelines will be available for public access on the FDIC Web 
site: http://www.fdic.gov, on October 1, 2002. The Information Quality 
Guidelines describe the FDIC's procedures for reviewing and 
substantiating the quality of information before it is disseminated to 
the public, and the procedures by which an affected person may request 
correction of information disseminated by the FDIC that does not comply 
with the information quality guidelines.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Klear, Special Assistant to 
the Director, Division of Information Resources Management, (703) 516-
5401, Manuel A. Palau, Counsel, Legal Division, (202) 898-8829, or 
Thomas E. Nixon, Senior Attorney, Legal Division, (202) 898-8766, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, 
DC 20429.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Section 515 of the Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Pub. L. 106-554; 114 Stat. 
2763).
    Background: Section 515 of the Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 directed agencies subject to 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) to develop 
information quality guidelines applicable to information disseminated 
by the agency on or after October 1, 2002. Consistent with Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) guidelines implementing section 515 (66 FR 
49718, Sept. 28, 2001, 67 FR 8452, Feb. 22, 2002), the FDIC has 
developed information quality

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guidelines that ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, 
and integrity of information disseminated by the FDIC, and which 
include an administrative mechanism that allows affected persons to 
seek and obtain correction, where appropriate, of information 
disseminated by the FDIC that does not comply with FDIC or OMB 
guidelines. As required by OMB's guidelines, the FDIC is publishing in 
the Federal Register a notice of availability of the guidelines on its 
Web site www.fdic.gov.


    Dated: September 24, 2002.

    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-24676 Filed 9-27-02; 8:45 am]
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