OMB Circular A-11, Exhibit 300 Privacy Impact Assessments (posted 01AUG2006, Updated 01JAN2020)
The Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is a requirement of the Privacy Act of 1987 and OMB Memorandum 03-22, OMB Guidance for Implementing the Privacy Provisions of the E-Government Act of 2002. A PIA documents the due diligence and oversight placed upon information associated with the project or system in question. The PIA discloses what information is being collected, and how that information is protected. The intent is to build confidence that privacy information is secure, processes that utilize this information comply with Federal requirements, and more importantly, inform the privacy expectations of the American public. USPTO has published the following PIA statements:
- Cardinal Intellectual Property (CIP) Patent Cooperation Treaty Search Recordation System (PCTSRS)
- Consolidated Financial System (CFS)
- Corporate Administrative Office System (CAOS)
- Data Conversion Laboratory Patent Support (DCLPS)
- Database Services (DBS)
- Enterprise Software Services (ESS)
- Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG)
- Global Patent Solutions System (GPS)
- Information Delivery Product (IDP)
- Information Dissemination Support System (IDSS)
- Intellectual Property Leadership Management Support System (IPLMSS)
- Landon-IP Information System (LIPIS)
- MicroPact Background Investigation Tracking System (BITS)
- MicroPact Employee Relations Labor Relations Case Management System (ERLRCMS)
- MicroPact Equal Employment System (EES)
- Patent Capture and Application Processing System - Examination Support (PCAPS-ES)
- Patent Capture and Application Processing System - Initial Processing (PCAPS-IP)
- Patent End to End (PE2E)
- Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)
- Patent Search System - Primary Search and Retrieval (PSS-PS)
- Personal Identity Verification System/Card Management System (HSPD-12-PIVS/CMS)
- Planning and Budgeting Products (PBP)
- Reed Technology and Information Services Inc. (RTIS) Patent Data Capture (PDCap)
- Reed Technology and Information Services Inc. (RTIS) Public Data Dissemination (RTIS PDD)
- Revenue Accounting and Management System (RAM)
- Serco Patent Processing System (PPS)
- Storage Infrastructure Managed Service (SIMS)
- Trademark Next Generation (TMNG)
- Trademark Processing System – Internal Systems (TPS-IS)
- Trademark Processing System – External Systems (TPS-ES)
- VASTEC Data Conversion System (VASTEC DCS)