Agency Information Quality Guidelines

Section 515 of Public Law 106-554, known as the Information Quality Act, required the Office of Management and Budget to promulgate guidance to agencies ensuring the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including statistical information) disseminated by Federal agencies. OMB's government-wide guidelines, published as interim final on September 28, 2001 (66 F.R. 49718) and finalized on February 22, 2002 (67 F.R. 8452), can be found on OIRA's website. Federal agencies were also required by Section 515 to publish their own agency specific guidelines no later than one year after OMB's guidelines.

URLs For Agency Information Quality Correspondence And Peer Review Agendas

A. URLs for Agency Information Quality Correspondence

Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board:
http://www.nwtrb.gov/plans/plans.html

Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission:
http://www.oshrc.gov/infoquality/infoquality.html

Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight:
http://www.fhfa.gov/Default.aspx?Page=56

B. URLs for Agency Peer Review Agendas

1. Cabinet-Level Departments

Economic Research Service:
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AboutERS/peerreview.htm Forest Service:
http://www.fs.fed.us/qoi/peerreview.shtml Office of the Chief Economist:
http://www.usda.gov/oce/about_oce/peer_review

Department of Health and Human Services:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/infoquality/peer.shtml

Center for Disease Control:
http://www.cdc.gov/od/science/quality/support/peer-review.htm National Toxicology Program:
http://ospa.od.nih.gov/infoquality/agenda.aspx Office of Public Health and Science:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/infoquality/guidelines/ophspeer.html Bureau of Reclamation:
http://www.usbr.gov/main/qoi/peeragenda.html Fish and Wildlife Service:
http://www.fws.gov/informationquality/peer_review/index.html National Park Service:
http://www.nps.gov/policy/peerreview.htm Office of Surface Mining:
http://www.osmre.gov/guidance/osm_info_quality.shtm US Geological Society:
http://www.usgs.gov/peer_review Employee Benefits Security Administration:
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/regs/peerreview.html Occupational Safety and Health Administration:
http://www.osha.gov/dsg/peer_review/peer_agenda.html Mine Safety and Health Administration:
http://www.msha.gov/REGS/PEERReview/PEERreview.asp

2. Other Agencies

Tennessee Valley Authority:
http://www.tva.gov/infoquality

3. Agencies that Do Not Produce or Sponsor Information Subject to the Bulletin

See URLs in section A.

Agency for International Development
Corporation for National and Community Service
Council on Environmental Quality
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Department of the Treasury
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Farm Credit Association
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal Reserve
General Services Administration
Institute of Museum and Library Services
International Trade Commission
Merit Systems Protection Board
National Archives
National Credit Union Administration
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Labor Relations Board
National Science Foundation
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
Office of Government Ethics
Office of Personnel Management
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Patent and Trade Office
Peace Corps
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Railroad Board
Securities and Exchange Commission
Selective Services System
Social Security Administration
Surface Transportation Board
US Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission