Implementation Plan:

Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing
the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity
of Information Disseminated to the Public

Table of Contents

Part I -- HHS Overview

1. Summary of HHS Agency Implementation Plan
2. OMB Guidelines
3. HHS Responsibilities
4. Framework for HHS Guidelines
1. Purpose
2. Definitions
3. Scope and Applicability of the Guidelines
4. Overview of HHS Information Dissemination and Quality Assurance
1. The HHS Mission
2. Categories of Information Disseminated
3. Types of Dissemination Mechanisms
4. Overview of Quality Assurance Policies and Practices in HHS
5. HHS Information Quality Goals
6. Influential Scientific, Financial and Statistical Information
7. Health, Safety and Environmental Information
8. Urgent Public Health and Safety Information
5. Overview of Agency Complaint Procedures

Part II: HHS Agency Responsibilities and Guidelines

This section contains agency-specific information quality guidelines. For each HHS operating agency, the following information is described: the mission of the agency, the scope and applicability of the guidelines within the agency, the types of information that the agency disseminates to the public, the types of dissemination methods employed, agency quality assurance procedures, and administrative mechanisms for handling correction requests.

1. Administration for Children and Families
2. Administration on Aging
3. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• National Center for Health Statistics
5. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
6. Food and Drug Administration
7. Health Resources and Services Administration
8. Indian Health Service
9. National Institutes of Health
10. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
11. Office of the Secretary
1. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
2. Office of the Inspector General
3. Office of Public Health and Science

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Last revised: November 13, 2003

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