[Federal Register: October 1, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 190)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Report Implementing OMB's Information Dissemination Quality
Guidelines
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.
ACTION: Final guidelines.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is issuing
guidelines to implement section 515 of the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act for FY 2001 (Pub. L. 106-554). The Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued Government-wide guidelines
under Section 515 which direct each Federal agency to establish and
implement written procedures to ensure and maximize the quality,
utility, objectivity and integrity of the information that they
disseminate.
DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vanester M. Williams, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, OST, Department of Transportation; 202-366-
1771 (not a toll-free call) or by email at
vanester.williams@ost.dot.gov. For specific inquiries on the
Department's administrative mechanisms for allowing persons to seek
correction of information, please contact Robert Ashby, Office of the
General Counsel, OST, Department of Transportation; 202-366-9310 (not a
toll-free call) or by e-mail at bob.ashby@ost.dot.gov. For specific
inquiries on the Department's statistical guidelines, please contact
Dr. Patrick Flanagan, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Department
of Transportation; 202-366-4168 (not a toll-free call) or by email at
pat.flanagan@bts.dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department's information quality
guidelines apply to a wide variety of its information dissemination
activities in order to meet basic information quality standards set
forth by Section 515. These guidelines provide a framework under which
the Department will allow affected persons an opportunity to seek and
obtain correction of information maintained and disseminated by the
Department that does not comply with these guidelines.
The written procedures established within DOT's guidelines apply to
all organizational components of the Department. For DOT organizations
that require additional guidelines, these organizations will implement
corresponding procedures that meet the terms of these Departmental
guidelines. For the purposes of these guidelines, the term ``DOT
organizations'' refer to:
Office of the Secretary (OST)
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA)
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC)
Transportation Administrative Service Center (TASC)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
United States Coast Guard (USCG)
Public Comments and DOT's Responses
In response to its May 1, 2002 posting of draft guidelines, the
Department received seven substantive comments from members of the
public. Responses to these comments are included in the Department's
final guidelines.
Availability of Final Guidelines
As provided in OMB's guidelines implementing Section 515, the
Department is publishing this notice of availability of its final
quality guidelines in the Federal Register. The final guidelines
themselves will be posted on the Department's Dockets Management System
(DMS) Web site at http://dms.dot.gov as of October 1, 2002 (OST-2002-
11996). The Office of Dockets and Media Management is open for
examination and copying, at the following address, from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays: Department of
Transportation, TASC, Office of Dockets and Media Management, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Room PL-401, Washington, DC 20590-0001; phone
number (202) 366-9329; fax number (202) 493-2251.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on September 25, 2002.
Eugene K. Taylor, Jr.,
Acting CIO, Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 02-24887 Filed 9-30-02; 8:45 am]
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