AI Overview
The person most responsible for the creation and passage of the Information Quality Act (also known as the Data Quality Act) is Jim Tozzi, a former Office of Management and Budget (OMB) official and regulatory lobbyist who drafted the two-sentence text, working alongside Representative Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO), who officially sponsored and successfully attached it as a legislative rider. [1]
Key Figures in the Legislation
- Jim Tozzi: Drafted the actual text of the provision and acted as the primary operational and strategic driving force behind its inclusion in 2000. [1]
- Representative Jo Ann Emerson: Served as the principal congressional sponsor in the House of Representatives who introduced and championed the rider. [1, 2]
- Enactment Detail: The measure was passed in December 2000 as Section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-554). [1]
