[Federal Register: October 22, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 204)]
[Notices]
[Page 64900]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Proposed Policy Guidance for Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity,
Utility, and Integrity of Public Information Disseminated or Used by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency.
ACTION: Notice of availability of final policy guidelines.
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SUMMARY: Section 515 of the Treasury and General Government
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001, Pub. L. 106-544 (``Section
515'') requires all agencies to issue guidelines ensuring and
maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the
information that they disseminate or use to promulgate regulations,
standards, or program requirements. The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) requires agencies to post their final guidelines on their web
sites by October 1, 2002. Agencies are also required to publish notices
of the availability of their final guidelines in the Federal Register.
Accordingly, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is
publishing notice of the availability of the final policy guidelines
for Section 515 on the FEMA web site: http://www.FEMA.gov/library/.
DATES: This notice is effective October 1, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Please send written comments to the Rules Docket Clerk,
Office of General Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C
Street, SW., Room 840, Washington, DC 20472, (facsimile) 202-646-4536,
or (e-mail) rules@fema.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Erickson, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Information Technology Services Directorate, 500 C
Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, 202-646-2842 or e-mail
Brenda.Erickson@fema.gov.
Dated: October 15, 2002.
Rose Parkes,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-26798 Filed 10-21-02; 8:45 am]
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