Info & Access News Archive 2003

Info & Access News Archive 2003:

Archived news from 2003

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NIH Receives Data Quality Challenge on Chemical Information 03/02/2004
The Chemical Products Corporation (CPC) submitted a data quality petition to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within the Department of Health and Human Services November 15, 2002, challenging a draft technical report on the toxicology and carcinogenesis of Anthraquinone. CPC previously submitted a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency regarding barium under the Data Quality Act. Read More

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Receives Data Quality Challenge 03/01/2004
The Department of Commerce U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) received a data quality request October 2, 2002 requesting correction of information associated with a specific patent (6,344,272). The petitioner asserts that while the patent was processing, the wrong set of claims where identified and disseminated with the patent on the USPTO website. Read More

Data Quality Lawsuit Filed Against the Department of Education 02/11/2004
The College Sports Council (CSC) contends a report issued by the Secretary’s Commission on Opportunity in Athletics violates the data quality guidelines, according to a lawsuit filed against the Department of Education. CSC claims that the report is statistically flawed and does not meet the requirement for pre-dissemination review. The lawsuit names Secretary of Education Roderick Paige and the Department of Education’s (ED) Chief Information Office William Leidinger as defendants in the case. Read More

2003 Op-eds on Government Secrecy and Freedom of Information 12/30/2003
Read the best published op-eds on the need for open government and threats to information access collected by OMB Watch, OpenTheGovernment.org, and our allies. Permission is granted for free reprinting of any of these articles, provided it credits the author and includes this attribution: "© 2004, distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services." Read More

OMB Watch Submits Comments on EPA's Report on the Environment 12/22/2003
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) engaged in an ambitious undertaking when it published it's Draft Report on the Environment (ROE). While we support EPA’s intentions for the report and understand the difficult task they undertook, OMB Watch believes that a great deal of work is needed to make the ROE a truly useful tool. The EPA fails to provide enough information on the methodology and indicators used in the report. The report would also benefit from a more objective tone. Numerous information gaps also detract from the comprehensiveness of the report. Read OMB Watch's comments here.

OMB Watch Submits Comments on Peer Review Today 12/15/2003
OMB Watch filed comments with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today on its draft bulletin for peer review. Public interests groups, academics, and regulators were all concerned with the bulletin because it could severely hamper agencies by creating burdensome peer review requirements that are too vulnerable to industry manipulation. Most federal agencies currently have peer review guidelines that function well. While the deadline for public comments ends today, federal agencies may continue to submit comments on the draft bulletin until Jan. 15.

To read OMB Watch's comments click here.

Another Lawsuit Filed Under the Data Quality Act 12/15/2003
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a lawsuit Dec. 9 against the Army Corp of Engineers alleging the Corp released a status report that violates the Data Quality Act. The Corp failed to respond to a request for correction under the Department of Defense’s data quality guidelines filed by PEER on Aug. 20. Read More

Meet and Comment on EPA's Draft Report on the Environment 12/15/2003
Resources for the Future (RFF) will be holding a seminar this Wednesday, Dec. 17 from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm on future steps for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Draft Report on the Environment. Read More

Documents Destroyed in Terrorism Case 12/15/2003
The accidental destruction of documents justifying the federal government’s eight-year investigation into a former University of South Florida professor raises questions about whether the government will be allowed to proceed in a case hailed as a key part of the war against terrorism. Read More

Organization Submits Second Data Quality Challenge on Antibiotics for Poultry 12/10/2003
The Animal Health Institute (AHI) filed a data quality petition January 22, 2003 to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) challenging a risk assessment of the human health impacts from fluoroquinolone resistant bacteria (Camplylobacter). Read More

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