On December 21, 2000 Congress passed Section 515 of the Treasury and
General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001, and OMB issued
final guidance for implementing the Act on February 22, 2002. The OMB guidance
requires all Federal agencies to issue information quality guidelines ensuring
and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information
disseminated. The guidelines apply to information disseminated on or after
October 1, 2002.
Overview of Information Correction Request
ESA believes that in most cases, informal contacts would be
appropriate. Sometimes agencies and affected persons may find it helpful to
resolve concerns about information in a more structured way and may choose to
follow a more formal process. ESA makes available to the public an e-mail
address to which more formal correction requests and appeals should be sent.
Information Complaint and Appeals Process
Affected persons must indicate their interest in following a more
structured complaint and appeal process. Requesters must:
- Identify themselves and indicate where and how they can be
reached;
- Identify, as specifically as possible, the information in
question;
- Indicate how they are affected by the information about which they
are complaining;
- Carefully describe the nature of the complaint, including an
explanation of why they believe the information does not comply with OMB,
Departmental, or agency-specific guidelines; and
- Describe the change requested and the reason why the agency should
make the change.
Agency responses are to be within 60 days of receipt of a correction
request. If a requester is dissatisfied with the initial response to the
complaint, he or she may submit an appeal within 45 days of the date the
agencys response or 105 days from the date on which an agency or agencies
first received the complaint, whichever is later. The appeal request should
contain the same contact and descriptive information that was provided in the
original complaint and the specific reasons why the initial agency response was
not satisfactory. Once an appeal decision has been rendered by the agency, it
will notify the complainant.
Initial correction requests and appeals should be clearly marked as
such. Requests and Appeals can be sent to:
Data Quality Group
U. S. Department of Labor
Employment
Standards Administration
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Room C-3201
Washington, DC 20210
or contact us via email:
http://www.dol.gov/cgi-bin/contactus.asp
DOL Information
Quality