Office of Management and Budget

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

Access Board:
http://www.access-board.gov/the-board/policies/information-quality

Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board:
http://www.csb.gov/UserFiles/file/legal/FinalDataQualityGuidelines.pdf

Commodity Futures Trading Commission:
http://www.cftc.gov/WebPolicy/index.htm#information

Consumer Product Safety Commission:
http://www.cpsc.gov/library/correction/correction.html

Corporation for National and Community Service:
http://www.nationalservice.gov/policies-and-procedures/information-quality-guidelines

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board:
http://www.dnfsb.gov/policies/information-quality

Department of Agriculture:
http://www.ocio.usda.gov/policy-directives-records-forms/information-quality-activities/agency-quality-officials

Department of Commerce:
http://ocio.os.doc.gov/ITPolicyandPrograms/Information_Quality/index.htm

Department of Defense:
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/dodiqguidelines.html

Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers:
http://www.usace.army.mil/ceci/iqa/pages/mission.aspx

Department of Education:
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/infoqualguide.html

Department of Energy:
http://www.cio.energy.gov/infoquality.htm

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

Department of Housing and Urban Development:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/qualityinfo/qualityinfo.cfm

Department of Homeland Security: 
http://www.dhs.gov/dhs-information-quality-standards

Department of Justice: 
http://www.usdoj.gov/iqpr/iqpr_disclaimer.html

Department of Labor: 
http://www.dol.gov/informationquality.htm

Department of State: 
http://www.state.gov/misc/49492.htm

Department of the Interior: 
http://www.doi.gov/ocio/information_management/iq.cfm

Department of Transportation: 
http://docketsinfo.dot.gov/Dataquality.cfm

Department of the Treasury 
http://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/offices/Mgt/Pages/infoqual.aspx

Department of Veterans Affairs: 
http://www.rms.oit.va.gov/Information_Quality.asp

Environmental Protection Agency: 
http://epa.gov/quality/informationguidelines/iqg-list.html

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission:
http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/plan/informationquality/index.cfm

Farm Credit Administration: 
http://www.fca.gov/FCA-Web/fca%20new%20site/home/info_quality.html

Federal Communications Commission: 
http://www.fcc.gov/omd/dataquality/welcome.html

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: 
http://www.fdic.gov/about/policies/#information

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: 
http://www.ferc.gov/help/filing-guide/file-correct.asp

Federal Maritime Commission:
http://www.fmc.gov/about/information_quality_guideline_details.aspx

Federal Reserve Board: 
http://www.federalreserve.gov/iq_correction.htm

Federal Trade Commission: 
http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/sec515/index.htm

General Services Administration: 
http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/104725

Institute of Museum and Library Services: 
http://www.imls.gov/about/guidelines_for_information_dissemination.aspx

Merit Systems Protection Board:
http://www.mspb.gov/netsearch/viewdocs.aspx?docnumber=251846&version=252119&application=ACROBAT

National Aeronautics and Space Administration: 
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/ocio/qualityinfo/peer_review.html

National Archives: 
http://www.archives.gov/about/info-qual/requests/index.html

National Credit Union Administration: 
http://www.ncua.gov/resources/RegulationsOpinionsLaws/ProposedRegulations.aspx

National Endowment for the Arts: 
http://www.arts.gov/about/infoquality.html

National Endowment for the Humanities: 
http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/dissemination.html

National Labor Relations Board: 
http://www.nlrb.gov/reports-guidance/public-notices/information-quality-guidelines

National Science Foundation: 
http://www.nsf.gov/policies/infoqual.jsp

National Transportation Safety Board: 
http://www.ntsb.gov/policy/quality.html

Nuclear Regulatory Commission: 
http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/info-quality.html

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

Office of Government Ethics: 
http://www.oge.gov/About/Management-Reports-and-Policies/Compliance-Reports/Information-Quality/

Office of Management and Budget:
http://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/inforeg/info_quality/information_quality.html

Office of Personnel Management: 
http://www.opm.gov/information-management/information-quality-guidelines/#url=Overview

Office of Special Counsel: 
http://www.osc.gov/InfoQuality.htm

Overseas Private Investment Corporation: 
http://www.opic.gov/publications/quality-guidelines

Peace Corps: 
http://files.peacecorps.gov/multimedia/pdf/policies/qualityguidelines.pdf

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: 
http://www.pbgc.gov/res/other-guidance/information-quality-guidelines.html

Small Business Administration: 
http://www.sba.gov/about-sba-services/7570

Social Security Administration: 
http://www.ssa.gov/515/requests.htm

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

US International Trade Commission: 
http://www.usitc.gov/documents/infoqualgdl.pdf

USAID: 
http://www.usaid.gov/open/information-quality-guidelines

 

B.     URLs for Agency Peer Review Agendas

1.      Cabinet-Level Departments

Department of Agriculture: 
http://www.ocio.usda.gov/qi_guide/scientific_research.html

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/peer_review/peer_review_agenda.shtml
 
 
 
 
Office of the Chief Economist: 
http://www.usda.gov/oce/about_oce/peer_review
 

Department of Commerce: 
http://ocio.os.doc.gov/ITPolicyandPrograms/Information_Quality/index.htm

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: 
http://www.cio.noaa.gov/Policy_Programs/prplans/PRsummaries.html
 

Department of Defense: 
http://www.defense.gov/pubs/disclaimer.html

Department of Education: 
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/iq/peerreview.html

Department of Energy: 
http://energy.gov/cio/information-quality

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

 
 
 
Office of Public Health and Science:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/infoquality/guidelines/ophspeer.html
 

Department of Homeland Security: 
http://www.dhs.gov/xutil/notices.shtm

Department of Housing and Urban Development: 
http://www.huduser.org/about/pdr_peer_review.html

Department of the Interior: 
http://www.doi.gov/ocio/information_management/bureau-peer-review.cfm

 
 
 
 
 
 
US Geological Society: 
http://www.usgs.gov/peer_review
 

Department of Justice: 
http://www.justice.gov/iqpr/iqpr.html

Department of Labor: 
http://www.dol.gov/asp/peer-review/index.htm

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
 

Department of State: 
http://www.state.gov/misc/49492.htm

Department of Transportation: 
http://www.dot.gov/peerreview/

Department of Veterans Affairs: 
http://www.rms.oit.va.gov/Peer_Review.asp

 

2.  Other Agencies

Consumer Product Safety Commission:
http://www.cpsc.gov/library/peer.html
http://www.cpsc.gov/en/research--statistics/peer-reviewed/

Environmental Protection Agency: 
http://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_pr_agenda.cfm

Federal Communications Commission: 
http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/peer-review-agenda

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: 
http://www.ferc.gov/help/filing-guide/file-correct.asp

Federal Trade Commission: 
http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/sec515/

National Aeronautics and Space Administration: 
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/ocio/qualityinfo/index.html

Nuclear Regulatory Commission: 
http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/info-quality.html

Office of Management and Budget:
http://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/inforeg/info_quality/information_quality.html

Small Business Administration: 
http://www.sba.gov/content/sba-information-quality-peer-review-agenda

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

USAID: 
http://www.usaid.gov/open/information-quality-guidelines

 

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