SECNAVINST 5720.48
CHINFO/DON CIO
26 June 2009
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 5720.48
From: Secretary of the Navy
Subj: ENSURING THE QUALITY OF INFORMATION DISSEMINATED TO
THE PUBLIC BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
Ref: (a) DoD Policy Memorandum, Ensuring the Quality of
Information Disseminated to the Public by the
Department of Defense, of 10 Feb 03 (NOTAL)
(b) Treasury and General Government Appropriations
Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-554),
Sec. 515 (NOTAL)
(c) OMB Guidelines for Information Quality (Federal
Register Vol. 67, No. 36), 22 Feb 02
(d) Department of Defense Principles of Information
(NOTAL)
(e) SECNAVINST 5720.44B, Department of the Navy
Public Affairs Policy and Regulations
(f) SECNAVINST 5720.47B, Department of the Navy
Policy for Content of Publicly Accessible World
Wide Web site
(g) SECNAV M-5210.1, Department of the Navy Records
Management Program, Records management Manual,
November 2007
Encl: (1) Definitions
(2) Sample Process For Ensuring And Maximizing the
Quality of Information Disseminated to the Public
1. Purpose. To implement reference (a) within the Department
of the Navy (DON), provide procedures for requesting correction
of DON information disseminated to the public, and delineate
annual reporting requirements.
2. Scope. This instruction is applicable throughout the
Department of the Navy. It applies to all DON activities and
all information developed, procured, or managed by DON
activities and/or by their contractors and disseminated to the
public. It applies to all information media including audio-
visual, photographic, printed, and electronic distributed to the
public.
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