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SUBJ/DON INPUT - ANNUAL INFORMATION QUALITY REPORT//
REF/A/DOC/SECTION 15 OF PUB LAW 106-554/10JUN2001//
REF/B/DOC/FED REG VOL 67 PG 8452/22FEB2002//
REF/C/DOC/DEPSECDEF MEMO/10FEB2003//
NARR/REF A IS SECTION 515 OF THE TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 (PUB.L. 106-554).  REF B IS
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (OMB) GUIDELINES - OMB INFORMATION
QUALITY GUIDELINES. REF C IS DOD POLICY MEMORANDUM ENSURING THE
QUALITY OF INFORMATION DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE.//
RMKS/1. REF A DIRECTED THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
(OMB) TO ISSUE GOVERNMENT-WIDE GUIDELINES PROVIDING POLICY AND
PROCEDURAL GUIDANCE FOR "ENSURING AND MAXIMIZING THE



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QUALITY, OBJECTIVITY, UTILITY AND INTEGRITY OF INFORMATION
(INCLUDING STATISTICAL INFORMATION) DISSEMINATED BY FEDERAL
AGENCIES" TO THE PUBLIC.  THOSE GUIDELINES WERE
PROMULGATED BY REF B.  REF C DELINEATES THE DOD INFORMATION
QUALITY GUIDELINES (IQG) FOR INFORMATION DISSEMINATED TO THE
PUBLIC BY COMPONENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
2.  REF C 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 C
ALSO DELINEATES PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING OF THESE PUBLIC
COMPLAINTS AS REQUIRED BY STATUTE AND OMB GUIDELINES.
3.  AN AFFECTED PERSON IS DEFINED BY REFS B AND C 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."



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4.  THE DON IS REQUIRED BY REF C TO COMPILE AN ANNUAL REPORT
FROM ITS COMMANDS AND ACTIVITIES OF COMPLAINTS FROM AFFECTED
PERSONS. TO THAT END, ADDRESSEES ARE ADVISED THAT IQG REPORTS
WILL BE DUE 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 THE FIRST OF THE
FISCAL YEAR.
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.
6.  REPORTS WILL BE EMAILED TO CHINFO, MR. ALAN GOLDSTEIN, ASST
CHIEF OF INFORMATION, ALAN.P.GOLDSTEIN@NAVY.MIL; AND MR. GREG



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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



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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 CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING OMB LINK: (LOWER CASE)
HTTP:/WWW.WHITEHOUSE.GOV/OMB/INFOPOLTECH/HTML#IQ.
8.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.//
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