[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61343-61344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24746]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, 
Utility and Integrity of Information Disseminated by HHS Agencies

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services.

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services Guidelines for Ensuring the Quality of 
Information Disseminated to the Public. The HHS Information Quality 
Guidelines will be posted on the HHS website on or about October 1, 
2002 and will go into effect on that date. Developed pursuant to the 
government-wide OMB Guidelines for Information Quality published on 
January 3, 2002, the HHS Guidelines will be available on the following 
HHS Web site: http://www.hhs.gov/infoquality.
    The Guidelines include mechanisms enabling interested parties to 
request correction of information disseminated to the public by HHS 
agencies.

DATES: The HHS Guidelines will be available on the HHS website on or 
about October 1, 2002 and will go into effect on that date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Scanlon, Division of Data 
Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 
U.S. DHHS, Telephone (202) 690-7100.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 3, 2002, OMB issued final 
guidelines to federal agencies that implement section 515 of the 
Treasury and General government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 
(Pub. L. 106-554). Section 515 directs OMB to issue government-wide 
guidelines that provide policy and procedural guidance to federal 
agencies for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility 
and integrity of information (including statistical information) 
disseminated by federal agencies. The OMB guidelines in turn direct 
each federal agency to issue its own guidelines to implement the OMB 
Guidelines and ensure the quality, objectivity, utility and integrity 
of the information that the agency disseminates to the public, 
including administrative mechanisms allowing affected persons to seek 
and obtain, where appropriate, correction of information disseminated 
by the agency that does not comply with the guidelines.
    On May 1, 2002, HHS posted draft guidelines for a sixty day public 
comment period. The final guidelines will be posted on the HHS Web site 
on or about October 1, 2002.

    Dated: September 23, 2002.
William Raub,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 02-24746 Filed 9-27-02; 8:45 am]
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