[Federal Register: May 1, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 84)]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

[Docket No. R-1121]

 
Draft Guidance for Information Dissemination Quality Guidelines; 
Availability

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Reserve Board (FRB) is announcing the availability 
of draft guidelines for the public entitled ``Ensuring and Maximizing 
the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information 
Disseminated by the Federal Reserve.'' The guidelines can be found on 
the Federal Reserve Board's public web site, www.FederalReserve.gov. 
The document is intended to provide guidance to the public on the 
procedures the agency has in place for reviewing and substantiating the 
quality of the information that is disseminated. The guidelines also 
provide a mechanism for affected individuals to provide complaints to 
the agency. The Federal Reserve's guidelines are being issued pursuant 
to the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal 
Year 2001 (Public Law 106-554, Section 515).

DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the draft guidance by 
May 31, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to Docket No. R-1121 and should be 
mailed to Ms. Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, Board of Governors of the

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Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20551. However, because paper mail in the Washington 
area and at the Board of Governors is subject to delay, please consider 
submitting your comments by e-mail to regs.comments@federalreserve.gov, 
or faxing them to the Office of the Secretary at 202-452-3819 or 202-
452-3102. Comments addressed to Ms. Johnson may also be delivered to 
the Board's mail facility in the West Courtyard between 8:45 a.m. and 
5:15 p.m., located on 21st Street between Constitution Avenue and C 
Street, NW. Members of the public may inspect comments in Room MP-500 
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays pursuant to 261.12, except as 
provided in 261.14, of the Board's Rules Regarding Availability of 
Information, 12 CFR 261.12 and 261.14.
    A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk 
officer for the Board: Alexander T. Hunt, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary M. West, Federal Reserve Board 
Clearance Officer (202-452-3829), Division of Research and Statistics, 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551. 
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact 202-263-
4869.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 25, 
2002.
Margaret McCloskey Shanks,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 02-10678 Filed 4-30-02; 8:45 am]
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