[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61353-61354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24679]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Availability of Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the
Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information
Disseminated by the National Science Foundation
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice of availability of guidelines.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation hereby announces the
availability of its information quality guidelines on its website. The
guidelines contain NSF's standards of quality, utility, objectivity,
and integrity for information that is disseminated to the public, and
the administrative
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procedures for preparing, reviewing, and disseminating information
products. The guidelines also describe the mechanisms for the public to
request correction of information, and to request reconsideration of an
NSF decision to deny a request for correction. The report will be
available electronically at http://www.nsf.gov/home/pubinfo/infoqual.htm on October 1, 2002.
DATES: The information quality guidelines will be effective as of
October 1, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Section 515 Information Quality
Officer; 4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 305; Arlington, VA 22230; electronic
mail to [email protected], or via fax to (703) 292-9084. Individuals
who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8
a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
issued Government-wide guidelines under section 515 of the Treasury and
General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Pub. L.
106-554) to ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility and
integrity of information disseminated by Federal agencies. Each Federal
agency is responsible for issuing its own section 515 guidelines.
Subsequently, the National Science Foundation developed corresponding
information quality guidelines.
Dated: September 24, 2002.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 02-24679 Filed 9-27-02; 8:45 am]
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