COMDTINST 5210.11
scientific, financial, or statistical information, agency guidelines shall include a high degree of
transparency about data and methods to facilitate the reproducibility of such information by
qualified third parties. This reproducibility standard is intended to ensure that information
disseminated by agencies is sufficiently transparent in terms of data and methods of analysis such
that replication is feasible.
l. Transparency includes both presentation and reporting of information sources and limitations.
m. Data Quality Official is the designated representative in the Assistant Commandant for
Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology, Commandant
CG-61, responsible for compiling agency reports and serving as the agency liaison to the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
n. Docket Management System (DMS) is an electronic, image-based database in which docketed
information is stored for easy research and retrieval.
o. Docket is an official public record, including, but not limited to proposed and final regulations,
copies of public comments on proposed rules, and related information used when making
regulatory and adjudicatory decisions. Specific documents covering the same issues are stored
together in a docket, with on-line review available to interested parties. To date, Coast Guard has
been publishing and storing information regarding dockets on-line in the Department of
Transportation's (DOT's) DMS, and will temporarily continue to use it for existing dockets, as
well as for storing/transmitting requests for correction/remediation of information under the Data
Quality Program.
6. RESPONSIBILITIES.
a. Coast Guard Data Quality Official (DQO). The Coast Guard DQO shall serve as the point of
contact for the Departmental Chief Information Officer/Data Quality Administrator and be
responsible for implementation of these guidelines within the Coast Guard. The DQO shall serve
on the Internet Content Working Group, a sub-group of the Web Advisory Board (WAB), to
ensure the provisions of this Instruction are addressed.
b. Internet ContentWorking Group (ICWB). While serving on the ICWB, the DQO
(Commandant CG-61) shall ensure coordination with the Offices of Chief Counsel (G-L) and
Public Affairs (G-IPA) to address the following content related issues on the Web:
(1) Establish and define standards and methodologies for Web Content/Program Managers to
follow to ensure data quality prior to dissemination.
(2) Develop the process for responding to requests for correction/remediation of an information
product from affected persons.
(3) Establish a reporting system meeting OMB reporting requirements.
(4) With respect to "influential" information, maintain internal records of what additional
standards will be applied to ensure its quality.
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