PASS TO OFFICE CODES FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAV BT UNCLAS //N01420// ALNAV 074/05 R 042105Z OCT 05 MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV/-/OCT// SUBJ/DON INPUT-ANNUAL INFORMATION QUALITY REPORT// REF/A/MSG/SECNAV/241940ZMAR2005// REF/B/DOC/SECTION 515 OF PUB LAW 106-554/22FEB2002// REF/C/66 FED REG 49717/AMENDED BY 67 FED REG 8452/28SEP2001// REF/D/DOC/DEPSECDEF/10FEB2003// NARR/REF A ANNOUNCED THE REQUIREMENT FOR DON REPORTING FY05 INFORMATION QUALITY GUIDELINES (IQG) COMPLAINTS. REF B IS SECTION 515 OF THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 (PUB.L. 106-554). REF C IS OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (OMB) GUIDELINES. REF D IS DOD POLICY MEMORANDUM ENSURING THE QUALITY OF INFORMATION DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.// POC/MR. ALAN GOLDSTEIN/CIV/CHINFO/LOC:WASHINGTON, DC/TEL:703-695-1887 // RMKS/1. THIS ALNAV REMINDS ALL ADDEES OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENT DUE OCT 7 AND REITERATES REF A. REF B DIRECTED THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (OMB) TO ISSUE GOVERNMENT-WIDE GUIDELINES PROVIDING POLICY AND PROCEDURAL GUIDANCE FOR ENSURING AND MAXIMIZING THE QUALITY, OBJECTIVITY, UTILITY AND INTEGRITY OF INFORMATION (INCLUDING STATISTICAL INFORMATION) DISSEMINATED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO THE PUBLIC. THOSE GUIDELINES WERE PROMULGATED BY REF C. REF D DELINEATES THE DOD INFORMATION QUALITY GUIDELINES (IQG) FOR INFORMATION DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC BY COMPONENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT. 2. REF D ALSO INCLUDES ADMINISTRATIVE MECHANISMS FOR AFFECTED PERSONS (SEE DEFINITION IN PARA 3 BELOW) TO SEEK AND OBTAIN CORRECTION OF INFORMATION MAINTAINED AND DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC BY DOD COMPONENTS WHEN THAT INFORMATION DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE QUALITY STANDARDS IN THE DOD GUIDELINES. REF D ALSO DELINEATES PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING OF THESE PUBLIC COMPLAINTS AS REQUIRED BY STATUTE AND OMB GUIDELINES. 3. AN AFFECTED PERSON IS DEFINED BY REFS C AND D AS A PERSON WHO MAY BENEFIT, BE HARMED, OR OTHERWISE AFFECTED BY THE DISSEMINATED INFORMATION. THIS INCLUDES PERSONS WHO ARE SEEKING TO ADDRESS INFORMATION ABOUT THEMSELVES AS WELL AS PERSONS WHO USE INFORMATION. THE TERM -PERSONS- INCLUDES GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS AND CORPORATIONS AS DEFINED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995. 4. THE DON IS REQUIRED BY REF D TO COMPILE AN ANNUAL REPORT FROM ITS COMMANDS AND ACTIVITIES OF COMPLAINTS FROM AFFECTED PERSONS. TO THAT END, ADDRESSEES WILL FORWARD IQG REPORTS TO CHINFO AND DIRPA, VIA THE APPROPRIATE CHAIN OF COMMAND AS DISCUSSED IN PARA 5, NOT LATER THAN FRIDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2005. DATA MUST BE TRACKED FROM 1 OCT 2004 THROUGH 30 SEP 2005 (FISCAL YEAR 05). 5. ECHELON II AND MARINE CORPS MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMANDS WILL CONSOLIDATE REPORTS FROM THEIR SUBORDINATE COMMANDS/ACTIVITIES AND ELECTRONICALLY SUBMIT VIA EMAIL THE CONSOLIDATED REPORTS TO CHINFO AND DIRPA, RESPECTIVELY. REPORT WILL FOLLOW THE FORMAT SHOWN IN PARA 6. NO ATTACHMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. THE ASSISTANT FOR ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (AAUSN), THE DIRECTOR NAVY STAFF (DNS), AND THE DIRECTOR MARINE CORPS STAFF (DMCS) WILL COMPILE THE REPORT FOR THE SECRETARIAT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, AND OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS, RESPECTIVELY. NEGATIVE RESPONSES ARE REQUIRED AND NEED ONLY STATE NEGATIVE REPORT . 6. REPORTS WILL BE EMAILED TO CHINFO, MR. ALAN P. GOLDSTEIN, ASST CHIEF OF INFORMATION, ALAN.P.GOLDSTEIN@NAVY.MIL; AND MR. GREG REEDER, HEAD, INTERNAL INFORMATION OFFICE, REEDERGC@HQMC.USMC.MIL, AS APPLICABLE. CHINFO WILL CONSOLIDATE THE SECRETARIAT, NAVY, AND MARINE CORPS REPORTS, AND ELECTRONICALLY SUBMIT AN ANNUAL CONSOLIDATED DON REPORT TO OASD(PA) IAW REF C. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WILL BE SUBMITTED IN THIS FORMAT: A. NAME OF COMMAND OR ACTIVITY. B. LOCATION OF COMMAND OR ACTIVITY. C. COMMAND OR ACTIVITY POC (NAME, RANK, PHONE NUMBER, E-MAIL ADDRESS). D. NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED. E. NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS SUBSTANTIATED AS VALID AND CORRECTED. F. NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS DENIED. G. NUMBER OF DENIED COMPLAINTS APPEALED. H. NUMBER OF APPEALS GRANTED. I. NUMBER OF APPEALS DENIED. J. NUMBER OF APPEALS PENDING AS OF END OF FY. K. COMPLAINTS FROM AFFECTED PERSONS INVOLVING INFLUENTIAL SCIENTIFIC, FINANCIAL OR STATISTICAL INFORMATION MUST INCLUDE A BRIEF QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTION DESCRIBING EACH COMPLAINT, OR CATEGORY OF COMPLAINTS THAT ARE OF A SIMILAR NATURE, AND THE RESOLUTION THEREOF, SHALL BE PROVIDED. PER REF C, INFLUENTIAL MEANS THAT THE COMPONENT CAN REASONABLY DETERMINE THAT DISSEMINATION OF THE INFORMATION WILL HAVE OR DOES HAVE CLEAR AND SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICIES OR IMPORTANT PRIVATE SECTOR DECISIONS. 7. REFERENCES ARE POSTED ON THE DON CIO WEBSITE AT (LOWER CASE) HTTP:/WWW.DONCIO.NAVY.MIL BY SELECTING THE POLICY AND GUIDANCE TAB, THEN THE INFORMATION QUALITY LINK FROM THE MAJOR CATEGORIES MENU. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON INFORMATION QUALITY ALSO CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING OMB LINK: (ALL LOWER CASE) HTTP:/WWW.WHITEHOUSE.GOV/OMB/INFOREG/INFOPOLTECH.HTML#IQ. 8. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY THE UNDER SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.