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Guidelines

In the Department of Education's correction request process, the burden of proof rests with the requester. An affected person who believes that information the Department disseminates does not adhere to the information quality guidelines of OMB or the Department, or an office of the Department that has issued program-specific guidelines, and who would like to request correction of specific information, needs to provide the following information:

• Identification of the requester (i.e., name, mailing address, telephone number, and organizational affiliation, if any);
• A detailed description of the information that the requester believes does not comply with the Department's or OMB's guidelines, including the exact name of the data collection or report, the disseminating office and author, if known, and a description of the specific item in question;
• Potential impacts on the requester from the information identified for correction (i.e., describe the requester's interest in the information and how the requester is affected by the information in question); and
• An explanation of the reason(s) that the information should be corrected (i.e., describe clearly and specifically the elements of the information quality guidelines that were not followed).

This information should be provided to the Director, Information Collection Clearance Division at the following address:

Director, Information Collection Clearance Division
Regulatory Information Management Services
Office of Management
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
LBJ Room 2W220
Washington, DC 20202-4537
ATTN: Information Quality Request

Alternatively, requesters may submit e-mail requests to the following address: om.infoqualityrequest@ed.gov. Requesters should indicate that they are submitting an Information Quality Request in the subject line of the e-mail.

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