Requirement: Federal Public Web sites Must Comply with Information Quality Guidelines.

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Requirement: Federal Public Web sites Must Comply with Information Quality Guidelines. All federal public web sites must comply with Public Law 106-554, “Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Organizations.” This law requires federal organizations to issue guidelines for "ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including statistical information) disseminated by Federal organizations.” Organizations should review the Act and implementation guidance to ensure that their public web sites meet the requirements:

Section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001: Public Law 106-554, “Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Organizations”: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/reproducible2.pdf (PDF - 162KB).

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