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) 
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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 https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/inforeg/statpolicy/standards_stat_surveys.pdf.
NCSES has developed a supplemental set of guidance. More details on the NCSES supplemental guidelines are available in NCSES Supplemental Guidelines May 2020 (701k) .
