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OSHA's Information Quality Assurance Process OSHA has adopted well-established quality assurance techniques to ensure the quality of information disseminated. Information is subject to internal agency quality control and audit, and any appropriate Department level reviews, before being disseminated to the public. When OSHA posts information on its website, it adheres to DOL's Public Web Site Review and Clearance Process. OSHA's quality assurance techniques and methods include reviewing the information prior to official release to ensure that erroneous data are not released or to identify data of marginal quality. As part of its commitment to information quality, OSHA encourages communication with its users. OSHA fosters discussions with the public at large by making it easy to reach staff by a variety of formats, including phone, mail, and E-mail. OSHA encourages those with questions or concerns about information the agency publishes to notify the contact person specifically identified in most published documents. In addition, through this Information Quality Correction Request (IQCR) link, the public can take an active hand in helping OSHA improve the quality of its data by challenging the information disseminated. In general, these are the types of information for which an Information Quality Correction Request may NOT be filed:
How to submit an Information Quality Correction Request to OSHA: Persons who believe that OSHA has disseminated information that does not meet its guidelines, or those of the DOL or OMB and who wish to follow a formal complaint process, may send their Information Quality Correction Request to: David Schmidt, Director, Office of Statistical Analysis; 200 Constitution AV, NW; Washington, DC 20210. Or they may communicate directly with Mr. Schmidt via telephone at 202-693-1886. Or they may send their complaint by E-mail by clicking on the OSHA Point of Contact given in the chart at. Information Quality In filing an Information Quality Correction Request (IQCR) to OSHA, please include the following:
How to make an administrative appeal: If a complainant is dissatisfied with the initial response to an OSHA Information Quality Correction Request, s/he may submit an administrative appeal to OSHA. The appeal must be filed within either forty-five (45) days of the date that the agency notified them how it would handle the complaint or one hundred and five (105) days from the date on which the agency first received the complaint, whichever is later. The appeal request should contain the same contact and descriptive information that was provided in the original complaint and the specific reasons why the initial agency response was not satisfactory. Once an appeal decision has been rendered OSHA will notify the complainant. |