United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-09-23 monographic deposited born digital 29 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-644 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-644 P0b002ee18038deea f:d05644 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-644 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-644 GAO-05-644 Census Data collection Data integrity Federal law Government information Government information dissemination Quality assurance Reporting requirements Transparency Other Written Product A37937 The Information Quality Act (IQA) required the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidelines for ensuring the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information disseminated by federal agencies. As part of our long-term examination of the quality of federal information, under the Comptroller General's authority, we reviewed how the act was implemented by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), and assessed the transparency of the documentation supporting its Census of Agriculture. NASS is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-644/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-644.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-644/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-644.pdf GAO-05-644 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-644 Other Written Product GAO-05-644; Information Quality Act: National Agricultural Statistics Service Implements First Steps, but Documentation of Census of Agriculture Could Be Improved; Census Data collection Data integrity Federal law Government information Government information dissemination Quality assurance Reporting requirements Transparency Volume 114 Page 2763A 114 Stat. 2763A Public Law 106-544