GSA Information and Data Quality Handbook

Purpose

This order issues and transmits Handbook (HB), General Services Administration (GSA) Information and Data Quality Guidelines.  

Applicability

This order applies to all GSA employees involved in information and data management. 

Background

The intent of this handbook is to develop a framework for consistent information and data set management methods. Formally establishing information and data quality principles allows GSA to robustly leverage data for its own business use as well as sharing it with the public. Section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act of 2001 mandates that GSA maximizes the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information it disseminates. And H.R.4174 - Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018, Title II, “OPEN Government Data Act,” requires open government data assets made available by federal agencies to be published as machine-readable data.

Explanation of Changes

     a.  Added reference to H.R.4174 - Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018, Title II, “OPEN Government Data Act,” to the background section;

     b.  Added the name of the current CIO to the signature block;

     c.  Updated definitions and tables and removed outdated links and references;

     d.  Replaced the term “data supplier” with “data steward”;

     e.  Added a section for the role of data architect; and

     f.  Updated internal strategic goals.