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Data Quality Act and Peer Review Bulletin

The Data Quality Act (also known as the Information Quality Act) passed through Congress in Sec. 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-554; H.R. 5658). The guidelines, implemented in 2002, could be misused to delay, manipulate, and unfairly affect the outcome of federal agencies' activities.

Analyses and Reports

Information Quality Act: Expanded Oversight and Clearer Guidance by the Office of Management and Budget Could Improve Agencies' Implementation of the Act, from the Government Accountability Office [August 2006]
Truth and Science Betrayed: The Case Against the Information Quality Act from the Center for Progressive Regulation [March 2005]
Information Quality: A Report to Congress by OMB [Fiscal Year 2003]
The Reality of Data Quality Act's First Year: A Correction of OMB's Report to Congress by OMB Watch [7.12.2004]

Resource Pages

Docket of Data Quality Challenges by OMB Watch
Perspective on Data Quality by Center for Progressive Regulation

Legislation & Guidelines

Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review [12.15.2004]
Revised Information Quality Bulletin on Peer Review [4.15.2004]
Draft OMB Bulletin on Peer Review Guidelines [8.29.2003]
Analysis of State Level Data Quality and Access Legislation [3.24.2003]
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines
Data Quality Act [12.21.2000]

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