[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25690]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Information Quality Guidelines Pursuant to Section 515 of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of final Information Quality Guidelines.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued guidelines in
the Federal Register on February 22, 2002 (67 FR 8452), that directed
Federal agencies to issue and implement guidelines to ensure and
maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of Government
information disseminated to the public. In compliance with OMB's
guidelines, MMS announces the availability of its final Information
Quality Guidelines on its Web site.
ADDRESSES: You may access MMS's Information Quality Guidelines on its
Web site at: http://www.mms.gov/qualityinfo. Our mailing address is:
Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, (Attn: AD/
PMI), Mail Stop 4230, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Jo Ann Lauterbach, Office of Policy and
Management Improvement; telephone (202) 208-7744; Fax (202) 208-4891;
e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 515 of the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-554)
directed 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.''
OMB complied by issuing guidelines that directed each Federal agency
to: (a) Issue its own guidelines; (b) establish administrative
mechanisms allowing affected persons to seek and obtain correction of
information that does not comply with OMB's 515 guidelines; and (c)
report periodically to the Director of OMB on the number and nature of
complaints received by the agency regarding the accuracy of information
disseminated by the agency and how such complaints were handled by the
agency.
In compliance with OMB's directives, the Department of the Interior
(DOI) issued draft Information Quality Guidelines in the Federal
Register on May 24, 2002 (65 FR 26642), that instructed each bureau to
prepare its own guidelines. In response to DOI's Federal Register
Notice, MMS developed and issued draft guidelines for comment on its
Web site on August 1, 2002. We received comments from one private
organization. We considered their comments, and where applicable or
appropriate, we incorporated them into our final guidelines.
We have now finalized our guidelines and posted them on our Web
site. These guidelines are a living document and may be revised
periodically to reflect changes in DOI's or MMS's policy, or as best
practices emerge, about how best to address, ensure, and maximize
information quality. MMS welcomes comments on these guidelines at any
time and will consider those comments in any future revisions.
Dated: October 1, 2002.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Minerals Management Service.
[FR Doc. 02-25690 Filed 10-8-02; 8:45 am]
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