DCL-02-03, State Data Quality Profiles

DCL-02-03

DATE: January 31, 2002

TO: ALL STATE IV-D DIRECTORS

RE: State Data Quality Profiles

Dear Colleague:

In a continuous effort to maintain the quality of child support data and to provide you with feedback, we have prepared the attached Data Quality Profile for your state. The profile is intended to provide a comprehensive picture of the volume and quality of data your state submitted to, and received from, the Location and Collection Services provided by the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) for the period of October 2000 through March 2001. States have often requested feedback on the completeness and accuracy of the data, and this profile provides that information in a single report, separated by five FPLS program areas: Federal Case Registry (FCR), National Directory of New Hires (NDNH), Federal Offset (FO), Passport Denial (PD), and Multistate Financial Institution Data Match (MSFIDM).

We hope that you review the information and find it helpful. The next set of Data Quality Profiles covering the period of April 2001 through October 2001 will be sent to you shortly. If you have any questions on the enclosed profile, please contact your State Technical Support Liaison or Brian Lowit at (202) 401-1134 or at blowit@acf.hhs.gov.

Thank for your continued support as we work together to improve the lives of America’s children.

Sincerely,

Sherri Z. Heller, Ed.D.
Commissioner
Office of Child Support Enforcement

Enclosure (Available in Hard Copy Only)

cc: Regional Program Managers
ACF Regional Administrators
FIDM State Contacts
FCR Contacts
Federal Offset Contacts
Technical Support Team