[Federal Register: August 1, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 148)]
[Notices]
[Page 49968-49969]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr01au02-86]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Request for Comments on Draft Guidelines for Ensuring and
Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility and Integrity of
Disseminated Information
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In conformance with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
guidelines (Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality,
Objectivity, Utility and Integrity of Information Disseminated by
Federal Agencies Federal Register Volume 66, No.189 at 49718, updated
in Volume 67, No. 36 at 8452), the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
is seeking comments on OPM's draft Information Quality Guidelines.
These draft guidelines are published on OPM's website at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.opm.gov. These draft Information Quality Guidelines describe OPM's
pre-dissemination information quality control procedures and an
administrative mechanism for requests for correction of information
publicly disseminated by OPM.
DATES: Comments are due on or before August 21, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments in writing to: Chief Information Officer,
1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC, 20415-7900. Comments may also be
sent by fax at (202-418-3251) or may be e-mailed to
``informationquality@opm.gov.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Huley, Assistant Chief
Information Officer, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20415-7900.
Telephone 202-606-2150 or by e-mail to rmhuley@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPM's guidelines are drafted in accordance
with Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity,
Utility and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies
(hereafter, Governmentwide Guidelines) published by OMB in the Federal
Register in Volume 66, No. 189 at 49718 on Friday, September 28, 2001,
updated in Volume 67, No. 2 at 369 on Thursday, January 3, 2002, and
corrected in Volume 67, No. 36 at 8452 on February 22, 2002. The OMB
guidelines were issued pursuant to Section 515 of the Treasury and
General Government Appropriations Act for FY 2001 (Pub. L. 106-554),
which directed OMB to issue Governmentwide guidelines providing
guidance to Federal agencies for ensuring and maximizing the quality,
objectivity, utility and integrity of information, including
statistical information, disseminated by Federal agencies. In
accordance with these provisions, each Federal agency is obligated to:
1. Issue its own information quality guidelines ensuring and
maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility and integrity of
information, including statistical information, disseminated by the
agency no later than October 1, 2002;
2. Establish administrative mechanisms allowing affected persons to
seek and obtain correction of information maintained and disseminated
by the agency that does not comply with the agency or OMB guidelines;
and
3. Report annually to the Director, OMB, beginning January 1, 2004,
the number and nature of complaints received by the agency regarding
agency compliance with the OMB guidelines concerning the quality,
objectivity, utility and integrity of information and how such
complaints were resolved.
Consistent with the Governmentwide Guidelines, OPM's draft
guidelines rely on its existing practices, to the extent they are
consistent with the recently published guidelines, while adopting a new
administrative mechanism to satisfy the new procedural requirements.
OPM's guidelines reflect its internal procedures for reviewing and
substantiating information to maximize quality, including the
objectivity, utility and integrity of information, before it is
disseminated. The administrative mechanism allows affected persons to
seek and obtain, where appropriate, correction of information
disseminated by OPM that does not comply with the OPM guidelines or
with the Governmentwide Guidelines. OPM's draft guidelines are
available for review on OPM's web site at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.opm.gov.
OPM now seeks public comments on the draft guidelines covering pre-
dissemination information quality control and an administrative
mechanism for requests for correction of information publicly
disseminated by OPM. The comments received by OPM will become a matter
of public record. Revised OPM guidelines will be available on OPM's
website. Notice of the availability of the final guidelines will be
published in the Federal Register on or before October 1, 2002. OPM's
guidelines may be revised periodically to address the needs of OPM and
concerns expressed by the public.
[[Page 49969]]
Office of Personnel Management.
Kay Coles James,
Director.
[FR Doc. 02-19458 Filed 7-31-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6325-47-P