Information Quality Act

CPSC is committed to providing the public with information of the highest integrity. Below are resources that explain in detail how CPSC fulfills its federal requirements as stated in the Information Quality Act (Public Law 106-554, Section 515) and Office of Management and Budget memoranda:

• M-17-06 – Policies for Federal Agency Public Websites and Digital Services (pdf)
• M-19-15 – Improving Implementation of the Information Quality Act (pdf)

 
CPSC’s Information Quality Guidelines.

Information Quality Requests for Correction

Correction Request from Chamber of Commerce of the United States regarding “Report to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission by the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel on Phthalates and Phthalate Alternatives

• June 5, 2015

  Response to Chamber of Commerce of the United States to Request for Correction under the Information Quality Act

Correction Request from Cause of Action Under the Information Quality Act

• January 10, 2014

  Response to Request from Cause of Action Under the Information Quality Act

• March 13, 2014

  Denied Correction Request from Cause of Action Under the Information Quality Act

• April 14, 2014

  Information Quality Act Appeal from Cause of Action

• May 29, 2014

  Withdrawal of Information Quality Act Correction Request and Appeal from Cause of Action

Correction Request from (PEER) Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility on Synthetic Turf Under the Information Quality Act and CPSC's Response

• August 28, 2013

  Denied Correction Request from (PEER) Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility on Synthetic Turf Under the Information Quality Act and CPSC's Response

Correction Request from The Wood Preservative Science Council on the Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Surface Coatings in Reducing Dislodgeable Arsenic from New Wood Pressure Treated with Chromated Copper Arsenate and CPSC's Response

Correction Request from the Government Relations Association of Home Appliance Manufactures on Electric Clothes Dryers and Lint Ignition Characteristics and CPSC's Response

Corrections Request from Competitive Enterprise Institute to Ban the Use of CCA-Treated Wood in Playground Equipment

• December 3, 2003

  CPSC's Responds to Competitive Enterprise Institute to Ban the Use of Chromated Copper Arsenate (CAA)- Treated Wood in Playground Equipment

Correction Request from McDowell Owens Engineering, Inc. on Electric Clothes Dryers and Lint Ignition Characteristics and CPSC's Response

Correction Request from Competitive Enterprise Institute to Ban the Use of CCA-Treated Wood in Playground Equipment and CPSC's Response

Correction Request from the American Chemistry Council to Ban Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) - Treated Wood in Playground Equipment and CPSC's Response

Peer Review Agenda

CPSC’s web accessible plan for peer review of Highly Influential Scientific Assessments as well as any influential scientific information/assessment to be released that will have “a clear and substantial impact on important public policies or private sector decisions.” In addition to upcoming activities, this also includes peer review agendas, status reports, peer review reports, and CPSC responses, where applicable.