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ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

Docket ID: [Docket No. 02-2]

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of availability of final information quality guidelines.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Information Quality Guidelines

DATES: The guidelines are effective October 1, 2002.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) has placed final information quality guidelines on its web site. The purpose of the information quality guidelines is to ensure the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of certain information disseminated by the Access Board to the public. The guidelines also provide an administrative mechanism for requests for correction of information publicly disseminated by the Access Board.

SUMMARY: Information disseminated by Federal agencies; quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity guidelines,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Pursuant to section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for FY 2001 (Public Law 106554), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued implementing guidelines entitled ``Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies.''\1\ OMB's implementing guidelines directed each agency to post final information quality guidelines on their web site no later than October 1, 2002.
\1\ Published by OMB on September 28, 2001 (66 FR 49718), updated January 3, 2002 (67 FR 369), and corrected February 22, 2002 (67 FR 8452).

The purpose of the information quality guidelines is to ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information disseminated by the Access Board. The guidelines also establish administrative mechanisms allowing affected persons to seek and obtain correction of information that does not comply with these guidelines. Pursuant to the implementing guidelines issued by OMB, the Access Board must report annually to the Director of OMB, beginning January 1, 2004, on the number and nature of complaints regarding the Access Board's compliance with the information quality guidelines and how such complaints were resolved.

On August 27, 2002, the Access Board published a notice of availability of its draft information quality guidelines and requested comment by September 10, 2002. (67 FR 55000). The Board received one comment on the draft guidelines from the Paralyzed Veterans of America. That comment was supportive in general of the draft guidelines, and, in particular of the manner in which the guidelines addressed the issue of complaints filed during rulemaking proceedings.

The Board has substantively modified the final guidelines in one respect. Section 13 of the final guidelines was amended to provide for an administrative review of the decision on the initial complaint. Section 13 provides that within 15 days of receipt of the decision issued by the Deputy General Counsel, the complainant may file a request for reconsideration of that decision with the General Counsel. There are no other substantive changes to the information quality guidelines.

The Office of Management and Budget has reviewed the Board's final guidelines. The Access Board has made its final information quality guidelines
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available on its web site at http://www.accessboard.gov/ infoquality.htm.
Lawrence W. Roffee,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 0224832 Filed 93002; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 815001P

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Elizabeth Stewart, Deputy General Counsel, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, 1331 F Street NW., suite 1000, Washington DC 200041111. Telephone number (202) 2720042 (voice); (202) 2720082 (TTY). Electronic mail address: stewart@accessboard.gov.