Information Quality Act
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The Information Quality Act is a U.S. law that requires federal agencies to ensure the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information they disseminate to the public.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Data Quality Act | 1 |
| Information Quality Act canonical | 1 |
| OMB Information Quality Guidelines | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
ⓘ
data quality law ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Office of Management and Budget ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Information Quality Act
ⓘ
surface form:
Data Quality Act
|
| appliesTo |
federal agencies of the United States
ⓘ
risk assessments produced by federal agencies ⓘ scientific information produced by federal agencies ⓘ statistical information produced by federal agencies ⓘ |
| codificationStatus | not codified in the United States Code as a separate section ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticizedFor |
being used to challenge environmental and public health information
ⓘ
potential to delay regulatory actions ⓘ |
| effectiveYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| enactedAs | Section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| enactmentYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanism | administrative petitions for correction of information ⓘ |
| excludes | information distributed in limited or restricted access channels within the government ⓘ |
| influenced |
OMB government-wide information quality guidelines
ⓘ
federal agency information quality guidelines ⓘ |
| judicialReviewStatus | limited availability of judicial review ⓘ |
| legalCitation | Pub. L. 106-554, §515 ⓘ |
| legalForm | appropriations rider ⓘ |
| legislativeChamberOfOrigin | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| objective |
to ensure transparency and accountability in federal information dissemination
ⓘ
to improve the quality of federal information disseminated to the public ⓘ to provide a process for correction of inaccurate federal information ⓘ |
| partOf | Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 ⓘ |
| policyArea |
administrative law
ⓘ
information policy ⓘ regulatory policy ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Administrative Procedure Act
ⓘ
Freedom of Information Act ⓘ Paperwork Reduction Act ⓘ |
| requires |
OMB to issue government-wide information quality guidelines
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federal agencies to establish administrative mechanisms to allow affected persons to seek correction of information ⓘ federal agencies to issue their own information quality guidelines ⓘ integrity of information disseminated by federal agencies ⓘ objectivity of information disseminated by federal agencies ⓘ periodic reporting by agencies on information quality complaints and resolutions ⓘ quality of information disseminated by federal agencies ⓘ utility of information disseminated by federal agencies ⓘ |
| scope | information disseminated by federal agencies to the public ⓘ |
| signedBy | Bill Clinton ⓘ |
| sponsor | Jo Ann Emerson ⓘ |
| supportedFor | promoting accuracy and reliability of government information ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
OMB Information Quality Guidelines
this entity surface form:
Data Quality Act