Information Quality Guidelines (IQG)

These guidelines outline administrative mechanisms for EPA pre-dissemination review of information products and describe some new mechanisms to enable affected persons to seek and obtain corrections from EPA regarding disseminated information that they believe does not comply with EPA or OMB guidelines.

On this page:

• OMB Guidelines
• EPA IQG Guidelines
• Information Quality Act

• Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Information Quality Guidelines (pdf) (319.29 KB, February 22, 2002)
  Guidelines for ensuring and maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies; Notice: Republication
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-19-15, Subject: Improving Implementation of the Information Quality Act (pdf) (1.24 MB, April 25, 2019)
  EPA is committed to applying each of the updates outlined in M-19-15 to the EPA Information Quality Guidelines.
• Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Environmental Protection Agency (pdf) (734.29 KB, Apr 2024)
  This document contains EPA’s policy and procedural guidance for ensuring and maximizing the quality of information we disseminate.
• Information Quality Act, Section 515 of Treasury and Government Appropriations Act 2001 (PL 106-554, 31 USC 3516) (Refer to Page 114 STAT.2763A-154) The Information Quality Act (IQA), or Data Quality Act, is a 2001 statute requiring federal agencies to maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information disseminated to the public.