Data Quality Final Rules and Challenges
Responding to OMB guidance, federal agencies have published their
draft individual plans for improving the quality, objectivity, utility,
and integrity of data. After public comment, agencies will issue
final guidelines Oct. 1. This process is expected to be watched
closely by industry and interest groups (84 DER A-43, 5/1/02 ).
BNA's Web Watch is prepared by Laura
Gordon-Murnane
Updated January 2006
White House
Office of Management and Budget
Validating
Regulatory Analysis: 2005 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits
of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and
Tribal Entities (December 2005)
Peer
Review and Public Comments on the 2005 Draft Report to Congress
on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates
on State, Local, and Tribal Entities
Issuance
of OMB’s “Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer
Review” (December 16, 2004)
Final
Guidelines
Government Agencies
Department of Agriculture
Agency
Website for Data Quality Rules | Challenges
(Updated)
The Department of Agriculture has included in its guidelines the
requirement that each USDA agency and office establish an information
quality page on its website on which to post requests for corrections
of information, requests for reconsideration, and actions taken
by the agency in response to such requests. The information quality
page will include information on who requested the correction, the
nature of the request, any specific corrections made, the reason
they were made, and any appropriate supporting documents.
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
Quality
of Information/Peer Review Web Site
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Quality of Information/Peer Review
Web Site
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Quality
of Information Web Site
Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service Peer Review
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP)
Quality of Information/Peer Review Web Site
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
(CSREES)
Quality
of Information/Peer Review web Site
Economic Research Service (ERS)
Quality
of Information Web Site
Peer
Review Web Site
Farm Credit Administration
Information
Quality
Farm Service Agency (FSA)
Quality
of Information/Peer Review Web Site
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
Quality of Information/Peer Review Web Site
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Quality of Information Web Site
Peer
Review Web site and Agency Agenda
Forest Service (FS)
Quality of Information Web
Site
Peer Review
Web Site
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
Quality of Information/Peer Review Web Site Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)
Quality
of Information Web Site
Peer
Review web site and Agency Agenda
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Quality
of Information Web Site
Peer
Review Web Site
National Invasive Speces Council
National
Invasive Species Council: Information Quality
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Quality of Information/Peer Review Web Site
Office of Community Development (OCD)
Quality
of Information Web Site
Office of the Chief Economist
OCE Peer Review Agenda
Risk Management Agency (RMA)
Quality of Information
Peer Review Web Site
Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS)
Quality
of Information Web Site
RURAL DEVELOPMENT (RD)
Quality
of Information Web Site
Peer
Review web site
Rural Housing Service (RHS)
Quality
of Information Web Site
Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
Quality
of Information Web Site
US Forest Service
Quality
of Information - Challenges
Department of Commerce
Final
Guidelines
Office
of the Chief Information Officer
Department of Commerce
Peer Review Plans
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Information Quality Guidelines
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
Information Quality Guidelines
Economics and Statisics Administration (ESA)
Information Quality Guidelines
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Information Quality Guidelines
Department of Defense
Information
Quality Guidelines
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Quality
Information
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Information
Quality Act Web Site
Department of Education
Final
Guidelines
Department of Energy
Final
Guidelines
Reporting of Complaints
On an annual basis, the Office of the CIO (OCIO) will report to
the Director of OMB on the requests for corrections received under
these Guidelines. DOE elements must designate a reporting official,
except as agreed otherwise between the DOE Element and the OCIO.
The OCIO will work with the DOE Element reporting officials to develop
the annual OMB report
beginning January 1, 2004. The report will include the number of
complaints received, nature of complaints (e.g., request for deletion
or correction) and how they are resolved (i.e.g number corrected,
denied, or pending review).
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Quality
Information - Final Guidelines
Planned Peer Reviews
Energy Information Administration
Information Quality Guidelines
Department of Health and Human Services
Final
Guidelines | Guidelines
for Ensuring the Quality
of Information Disseminated to the Public Agency Contacts for
Information Correction Requests
HHS Information Quality Peer Review Web Site Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality
Final
Guidelines
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Final
Guidelines
CDC/ATSDR Information Quality Peer Review
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Final
Guidelines
Food and Drug Administration
Final
Guidelines
Peer Review Agenda National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Office of Science Policy & Planning
Information Quality Guidelines
Peer
Review Agenda
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Data Quality Website
Peer
Review of Highly Influential Scientific Assessments
Final
Guidelines
Department
of the Interior
Final
Guidelines
Bureau of Land Management
Final
Guidelines
Peer Review Agenda
Bureau of Reclamation Information Quality
Guidelines
Website
| Final
Guidelines
Peer Review
Minerals Management Service
Website
| Final
Guidelines
Peer Review Agenda
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement
Final
Guidelines
Information Quality and Peer Review
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Information Quality
Guidelines
Final Guidelines
Peer Review of Scientific Information
US Geological Survey
Final Guidelines
U.S. Geological Survey Peer Review Agenda
Department of Justice
Final
Guidelines
Peer Review Agenda
Office of the Inspector General
Final
Guidelines
Final Information Quality Bulletin on Peer Review
Office of the Inspector General Information
Quality Guidelines - Department of Justice
Final
Guidelines (Beginning on January 1, 2004, the OIG will submit
a report to the Office of Management and Budget on the number and
nature of complaints received by the OIG regarding its compliance
with Sec. 515 of Public Law 106-554 and how those complaints were
resolved.)
Department of Labor
Website
| Final
Guidelines
Tracking/Reporting Complaints
TRACKING AND REPORTING INFORMATION COMPLAINTS AND APPEALS
The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) is responsible
for reporting the results of the Department's information quality
efforts as required by OMB guidance. OCIO anticipates using a system
to centrally track and report complaints and appeals.
In accordance with procedures to be specified by the CIO, DOL will
establish on its web site or agency web sites an information quality
site to keep the public informed about information quality on a
timely basis. The purpose of the information quality web site would
be to inform the public about the agency's information quality practices
and procedures. The information quality web site should include
access to the agency's information quality guidelines and an easy-to-understand
explanation of the agency's procedures regarding complaints (which
will include an explanation of how a person may file a complaint
and, subsequently, an administrative appeal of the agency's response
to the complaint). The information quality web site also could contain
other types of information, such as a description of significant
corrections that the agency has made as a result of the information
complaint and appeal process. Each agency should determine the content
of this information page based on its mission, activities subject
to the guidelines, and the expected level of interest by members
of the public.
Peer Review Agenda Office of the Chief Information Officer
Information
Quality Correction Requests
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Final
Guidelines
Exemption from Office of Management and Budget Final Information
Quality Bulletin for Peer Review
Employment Standards Administration
Quality Information Guidelines
MSHA
Information Quality Guidelines
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Information
Quality Guidelines
Peer
Review Agenda Department
of State
Final Guidelines
Department of Transportation
Final
Guidelines
Tracking Complaints - The Departmental Office of the Chief Information
Officer will provide annual reports to OMB (which will include the
number and nature of complaints received concerning agency compliance
as well as how complaints were resolved) beginning January 1, 2004.
DOT is making available the data challenges via is Dockets Management
System - Data
Quality Challenges (Dockets Daily Filing Report - look for
Data Quality Issue)
Highly
Influential Scientific Dissemintations
National Transportation Safety Board
Guidelines
for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality of Information
Disseminated by the National Transportation Safety Board
Department of the Treasury
Final
Guidelines
Tracking Challenges
On a fiscal-year basis, the bureaus and Departmental Offices shall
submit a report to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information
Systems and Chief Information Officer (DASIS/CIO). The reports shall
identify the number and nature of complaints received regarding
compliance with the guidelines and explain how the complaints were
resolved. Bureaus and DO shall submit the reports by November 1,
of each following year with the first report due November 1, 2003.
Internal Revenue Service
Correspondence
Related to Information Quality
Department of Veterans Affairs
Final Guidelines
Office of Information Technology
Information
Quality Correspondence
Other Government Agencies, Boards, Commissions,
and Corporations, Foundations
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Information Quality
Guidelines
Environmental Protection Agency
Information
Quality Guidelines - Requests for Correction (RFC) and Requests
for Reconsideration (RFR) Submitted to EPA
Final
Guidelines
We have established a public docket for the EPA Information Quality
Guidelines under Docket ID No. OEI-10014. The docket is the collection
of materials available for public viewing Information Quality Guidelines
Staff, OEI Docket Center, Room B128, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution
Ave., N.W., Washington, DC, phone number 202-566-0284. This docket
consists of a copy of the Guidelines, public comments received,
and other information related to the Guidelines. The docket is open
from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. An index
of docket contents will be available at the EPA's website. (Updated)
EPA Peer Review
Agenda
View
Requests for Correction (RFC) and Requests for Reconsideration (RFR)
Submitted to EPA (Updated as of 3/08/2005)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEOC
Information Quality Guidelines
Federal Communications Commission
2004
Information Quality Correction Requests
Federal Deposit Insurance Commission
Information
Quality
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Information
Quality Guidelines (IQGs) for Information Maintained or Disseminated
by FERC
Federal Maritime Commission
Information
Quality Guidelines
Federal Reserve Board
Seeking
Correction of Information Disseminated by the Board
Federal Trade Commission
Data Quality Act
(Section 515)
General Services Administration (GSA)
Information
Quality Guidelines-Section 515
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Guidelines
for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and
Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Institute of Museum
and Library Services
Merit Systems Protection Board
Information
Quality Guidelines
NASA
Information Quality
Guidelines
National and Community Service
Information
Quality
National Archives
Requests
for Correction of Information
National Credit Union Administration
Information
Quality
National Endowment for the Arts
Guidelines
for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and
Integrity of Information Disseminated by the National Endowment
for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
Guidelines for
Information Dissemination
National Science Foundation
Data Quality
Standards
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
NWTRB Strategic
Plans
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
Information
Quality
Office of Special Counsel
Information Quality
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Guidelines
for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and
Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation
Peace Corps
Information
Quality Guidelines
Small Business Administration
Information
Quality
Social Security Administration
Requests for Correction
of Information Under Section 515
Tennessee Valley Authority
Information Quality
US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Final
Guidelines
US Consumer Products and Safety Commission
Information
Quality Requests for Correction
USAID
USAID's Peer Review Agenda of Influential Scientific Disseminations
United States Access Board
Access
Board - Quality Information Guidelines
US International Trade Commission
Information Quality
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Information Quality Guidelines
US Office of Government Ethics
Information
Quality
Nongovernment Organizations
Natural Resources Defense Council
NRDC
Comments on EPA Biosolids Proposal
OMBWatch
OMBWatch
- Data Quality Tracking (Updated)
OMBWatch
- Data Quality Challenges (Updated)
Senators
Use Data Quality Challenge (March 2003)
NRDC
Comments Threatened with Industry Data Quality Challenge
Multi-Agency
Data Quality Challenge on Global Warming
Analysis
of State Level Data Quality and Access Legislation
Model
State Bills for Data Quality and Access
The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE)
CRE,
in First-Ever Use of Data Quality Guidance for Third Party Submissions,
Issues Rebuttal to NRDC Comments on EPA Biosolids Proposal
DOT’S
PRE-DISSEMINATION REVIEW PROCESS: A BENCHMARK DATA QUALITY TEMPLATE
The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness
(March 2003)
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