Wielding obscure federal data quality law, group challenges Trump Treasury tax cut claims

Editor’s Note: The data quality petition by Democracy Forward is available here.

From: The Washington Post

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Since its enactment in 2000, the little-known and rarely litigated lnformation Quality Act has mandated that information issued to the public or sponsored by federal agencies be “accurate, reliable and unbiased.”

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An architect of the law, James J. Tozzi, a former OMB official and founder of the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness, said the appeals court in Washington — where Democracy Forward is based — in particular has left the door open for a challenge to hold the Treasury Department accountable for tax cut claims.

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