Information Quality Assurance Act

The Information Quality Assurance Act (HR 7219) requires federal agencies to update their guidelines within one year to ensure the quality, objectivity, and transparency of information used in developing rules or public guidance. Agencies must publicly disclose the models, data sources, and methodologies relied upon for significant rules or guidance (except where legally restricted), and establish processes for the public to request corrections to inaccurate information. It directly affects all federal agencies that create rules or guidance, mandating they publish updated guidelines online and include public feedback mechanisms. The bill builds on prior law by requiring agencies to use the "best reasonably available information" and clearly identify when information is "influential" (meaning it significantly impacts rule development or public understanding). This aims to improve the reliability of government information without altering substantive policy outcomes.