Information Quality Guidelines

NSF Quality Guidelines

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued government-wide guidelines under section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-554) to ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility and integrity of information disseminated by Federal agencies. As a result the National Science Foundation has developed corresponding Information Quality Guidelines (44K) .

Federal Register Notices

The Federal Register notices announcing the OMB guidelines are provided below:

• March 4, 2002 (34K)



• February 22, 2002 (128K)



• January 3, 2002 (78K)



• September 28, 2001

NCSES Commitment to Quality

The NCSES commitment to quality is outlined in: NCSES Commitment to Quality (20K) .

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a set of guidance for surveys in 2006. All Federal agencies are required to adhere to all standards for every statistical survey. A copy of the guidance is available at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg_statpolicy/#pr.

NCSES has developed a supplemental set of guidance. More details on the NCSES supplemental guidelines are available in: NCSES Supplemental Guidelines December 2008 (407K) .