[Federal Register: August 16, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 159)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library Services; Solicitation of Public
Comments on Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality
Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the
Institute of Museum and Library Services
AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
ACTION: Notice and request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announces
that its draft Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality,
Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the
Institute of Museum and Library Services have been posted on its Web
site, www.imls.gov. IMLS invites public comments on its draft
Guidelines and will consider the comments received in developing its
final Guidelines.
DATES: Comments are due on or before September 15, 2002. Final
Guidelines are to be published by October 1, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Office of General Counsel, Institute
of Museum and Library Services, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20506, nweiss@imls.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy E. Weiss, General Counsel,
telephone 202-606-5414, nweiss@imls.gov. Hearing-impaired individuals
may contact IMLS by TDD/TTY at 202-8636.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 515 of the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act for FY 2001 (Pub. L. 106-554) requires
each Federal agency to publish guidelines for ensuring and maximizing
the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information it
disseminates. Agency guidelines must be based on government-wide
guidelines issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (see 67
FR 8451-8460). In compliance with this statutory requirement and OMB
instructions, IMLS has posted its draft Information
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Quality Guidelines on its Web site (www.imls.gov).
The Guidelines describe the agency's procedures for ensuring the
quality of information that it disseminates and the procedures by which
an affected person may obtain correction of information disseminated by
IMLS that does not comply with the Guidelines. IMLS invites public
comments on its draft Guidelines and will consider the comments
received in developing its proposed final Guidelines, which must be
submitted to OMB for review. The agency's final Guidelines are to be
published by October 1, 2002. Persons who cannot access the draft
Guidelines through the Internet may request a paper or electronic copy
by contacting the Office of the General Counsel.
Dated: August 12, 2002.
Nancy E. Weiss,
Federal Register Officer, National Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 02-20790 Filed 8-15-02; 8:45 am]
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