[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2002)] [Notices] [Page 61669] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 02-24741] [[Page 61669]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of the Secretary Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Department of Labor AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Department of Labor are available in final form on the DOL web site http://www.dol.gov/informationquality.htm. EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2002. ADDRESSES: Information correction requests and appeals can be submitted to DOL by communicating with one of the following components: (1) Agency Point of Contact (POC) provided on the DOL web site; (2) agency specific web sites (i.e., OSHA.gov); or (3) Mr. Ira L. Mills, Information Technology Center, Room N-1301, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, fax (202) 693-4228, e-mail mail to: Mills- [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ira Mills, Information Technology Center, telephone (202) 693-4122 (this is not a toll-free number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 22, 2002, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a Federal Register notice (67 FR 8452-8460) Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies; Notice; Republication. The guidelines state that each agency must prepare a draft report, no later than May 1, 2002 (as amended, Federal Register Notice, 67 FR 9797, March 4, 2002), and a final report, no later than October 1, 2002, providing the agency's information quality guidelines and explaining how such guidelines will ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information including statistical information disseminated by the agency. These reports must also detail the administrative mechanisms developed by that agency to allow affected persons to seek and obtain appropriate correction of information maintained and disseminated by the agency that does not comply with the OMB or the agency guidelines. Each agency must publish a notice of availability of the draft and final reports in the Federal Register, and post the reports on the agency's website. On May 1, 2002, the DOL published a Federal Register notice (67 FR 21776-21777), posted the draft Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Department of Labor on the DOL website, and provided the public with a 30-day opportunity to comment period. On June 6, 2002, the Department published a 30-day public comment extension notice in the Federal Register (67 FR 39050). The DOL has now posted the final Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Department of Labor on the DOL website as referenced above in the Summary section of this notice. Signed at Washington, DC this 24th day of September 2002. Patrick Pizzella, Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 02-24741 Filed 9-30-02; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-23-P