Number: RL32532
Title: The Information Quality Act: OMBs Guidance and Initial Implementation
Authors: Curtis Copeland, Government and Finance Division; and Michael Simpson, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: This report describes the IQA and OMBs and the agencies information quality guidelines, noting how several key terms are defined, how risk-related information is to be treated, and how agencies correction processes should be established. The report also reviews OMBs report on the first year of the IQAs implementation, focusing on the correction requests received during that period and how they were resolved. It also describes a critical comment on that report by a nongovernmental organization. Finally, this report examines the issue of judicial review and the IQA, and explores some suggested improvements and modifications to the acts implementation.
Pages: 24
Date: September 19, 2006