[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69027-69028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28717]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Information Quality Guidelines Pursuant to Section 515 of the 
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 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

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compliance with OMB's guidelines, the Bureau of Reclamation announces 
the availability of its final Information Quality Guidelines on its Web 
site.

ADDRESSES: You may access Reclamation's Information Quality Guidelines 
on its Web site at: http://www.usbr.gov/main/qoi/. Our mailing address 
is: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Attn: Web 
Manager (W-1540), Mail Stop 7060, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trudy Harlow; telephone (202) 513-
0575; Fax (202) 513-0305; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 515 of the Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Pub. L. 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, Reclamation developed and issued draft guidelines for comment 
on its Web site on August 1, 2002. We received comments from one 
private organization and several individuals. 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 to our Web 
site. These guidelines are a living document and may be revised 
periodically to reflect changes in DOI's or Reclamation's policy, or as 
best practices emerge, about how best to address, ensure, and maximize 
information quality. Reclamation welcomes comments on these guidelines 
at any time and will consider those comments in any future revisions.

    Dated: October 10, 2002.
John W. Keys III,
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 02-28717 Filed 11-13-02; 8:45 am]
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