[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7499-7500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3733]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Notice of Availability of Draft of Information Quality Guidelines

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Committee has made available a draft of its Information 
Quality Guidelines pursuant to the requirements of the Guidelines for 
Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility and Integrity 
of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies issued by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). The Committee invites comments on these 
draft Information Quality Guidelines. The draft guidelines are 
published on the Committee's Web site http://www.jwod.gov.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 17, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to the Committee for Purchase from 
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, 1421 Jefferson Davis 
Highway, Suite 10800, Arlington, VA 22202. Comments can also be e-
mailed to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheryl D. Kennerly, Director, 
Information Management, Committee for Purchase from People Who Are 
Blind or Severely Disabled, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 10800, 
Arlington, VA 22202, (703) 603-7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 515 of the Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act for FY 2001 (Pub. L. 106-554) requires 
each Federal agency to publish guidelines for ensuring and maximizing 
the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information its 
disseminates. Agency guidelines must be based on government-wide 
guidelines issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In 
compliance with this statutory requirement and OMB

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instructions, the Committee has posted its Information Quality 
Guidelines on its Web site (http://www.jwod.gov).
    The Guidelines describe the Committee's procedures for ensuring the 
quality of information that it disseminates and the procedures by which 
an affected person may obtain correction of information disseminated by 
the Committee that does not comply with the Guidelines. Persons who 
cannot access the Guidelines through the Internet may request a paper 
or electronic copy by contacting the Committee.

Sheryl D. Kennerly,
Director, Information Management.
[FR Doc. 03-3733 Filed 2-13-03; 8:45 am]
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