[Federal Register: August 5, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 150)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
Information Quality Guidelines Pursuant to Section 515 of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001
(Public Law 106-554; H.R. 5658)
AGENCY: U.S. Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Proposed Bureau Information Quality
Guidelines for: Bureau of Land Management; Bureau of Reclamation; Fish
and Wildlife Service; Office of Surface Mining; Minerals Management
Service; National Park Service; U.S. Geological Survey.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior is issuing notice of
availability of the proposed bureau-specific Information Quality
Guidelines in order to comply with the guidance published by the Office
of Management and Budget, in the Federal Register, Vol., 2, No. 67,
dated January 2, 2002, and re-issued February 22, 2002, Vol. 67, No.
36.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Trent, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Phone: 202-208-6051,
fax: 202-501-7864.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Interior issued
proposed draft guidelines, made available for public comment on the web
at http://www.mms.gov/whatsnew/ on May 24, 2002, which provide a
framework for these bureau policies and which may be referred to for
more information, The U.S. Department of the Interior, its offices, and
its component bureaus disseminate a wide variety of information to the
public regarding the Nation's Federal lands, National Parks, natural
resources, geographic and spatial data, wildlife and fisheries, and
Indian lands. As the Department of the Interior operates a
decentralized information management program, its subordinate bureaus
are responsible for establishing administrative procedures for review
of information quality. These proposed Information Quality Guidelines
detail the procedures under which each separate bureau intends to
operate. These documents are intended to incorporate the basic guidance
set forth by the Office of Management and Budget, and the proposed
guidance published by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Persons
interested in reviewing the proposed Information Quality Guidelines
issued by the Bureau of Land Management; Bureau of Reclamation; Fish
and Wildlife Service; Office of Surface Mining; Minerals Management
Service; National Parks Service; and the U.S. Geological Survey, may
access these proposed guidelines via the website for the U.S.
Department of the Interior (http://;www.doi.gov), then accessing
Bureaus, then the bureau(s) of interest. Comments on a particular
bureau's proposed guidelines should be submitted to that bureau
according to the instructions on its website. Comment period will be
open no less than thirty (30) days. The bureaus may specify a longer
period.
Dated: July 26, 2002.
P. Lynn Scarlett,
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget.
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