Data Quality Act

The Information Quality Act (IQA) or Data Quality Act (DQA) was enacted in the United States Congress under Section 515 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub. L.106–554 (text)(PDF)). As the Act was a two-sentence rider in a spending bill, it had no given name. The Government Accountability Office uses the name "Information Quality Act".

IQA directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue government-wide guidelines that "provide policy and procedural guidance to federal agencies for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including statistical information) disseminated by Federal agencies". Other federal agencies must also publish their own guidelines for information quality and peer review agendas.