[Federal Register: October 11, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 198)]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Information Quality Guidelines: Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission is announcing the
availability of its final Guidelines for Ensuring the Quality,
Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information disseminated by the
Commission.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 11, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Washington, DC 20207, or that office, room 502, East-West Highway,
Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kelsey, Office of Information
Services, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 301-504-0000 ext. 2230,
e-mail mkelsey@cpsc.gov; or Terry Hardy, Office of Planning and
Evaluation, 301-504-0416 ext. 2191, e-mail thardy@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These guidelines and supporting documents
are available on the internet at http://www.cpsc.gov/library/
infoguideliness.html and are issued pursuant to section 515 of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year
2001, Public Law 106-554, which mandated that the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) issue government-wide guidelines that ``provide policy
and procedural guidance to Federal agencies for ensuring and maximizing
the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information
(including statistical information) disseminated by Federal agencies.''
The statute further requires OMB to require each Federal agency to
issue its own guidelines. OMB's amended final guidance appears at 67 FR
8452, February 22, 2002, and at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/
final--information--quality.htm. The OMB guidelines, as further revised
at 67 FR 9797, March 4, 2002, required each Federal agency to post its
own draft guidelines on the internet by May 1, 2002, which the Consumer
Product Safety Commission has done. These final guidelines incorporate
comments from the public and OMB. Hereafter, starting on January 1,
2004, agencies must file annual fiscal year reports to OMB on the
number, nature and resolution of complaints about alleged noncompliance
with the agency guidelines.
A paper copy of the guidelines may also be obtained by telephoning
Mary Kelsey at 301-504-0000 ext. 2230.
Dated: October 7, 2002.
Todd Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 02-25914 Filed 10-10-02; 8:45 am]
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