8 February 2004
Source: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html

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[Federal Register: February 5, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 24)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

[Docket Number 040127025-4025-01]


Privacy Impact Assessments

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Consistent with the objectives of the E-Government Act and to
ensure the continued trust of our constituency, on February 3, 2004,
the Census Bureau

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is releasing to the public twenty (20) Privacy Impact Assessments
(PIAs).

DATES: The Census Bureau makes its 20 PIAs available to the public on
February 3, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to the Director, U.S. Census
Bureau, Room 2049-0100, Federal Building 3, Washington, DC 20233.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jared Gerstenbluth, Policy Office, on
(301) 763-2654 or by e-mail at Jared.Gerstenbluth@census.gov. Please
visit http://www.census.gov/po/pia to obtain additional information and

to obtain copies of the Census Bureau's PIAs.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Census Bureau's 20 PIAs were submitted
during the fiscal year 2005 budget process. The PIAs cover privacy,
confidentiality, security, and data access and dissemination issues.
    PIAs are designed to help us carry-out our mission and to help us
meet our legal requirements. Our mission is to collect high-quality
data and our legal requirement is to protect the confidentiality of
identifiable data. The Census Bureau PIAs do this by assessing programs
against the Data Stewardship program, Privacy Principles, and
supporting policies.
    The purpose of PIAs is to ensure that no collection, storage,
access, use, or dissemination of identifiable personal information
occurs without proof of need and purpose and to ensure that appropriate
security procedures and controls on the use of the data are in place.
The PIAs offered the Census Bureau an opportunity to affirm that it is
using its legal and policy protections to ensure that data are being
collected and used in a manner that honors privacy and protects
confidentiality while producing the highest quality statistical data
products for the Nation.
    A full PIA was conducted on each program that contains, at some
point in the collection and processing activities, Personally
Identifiable Information (PII), Identifiable Business Information
(IBI), or both. Identifiable information is defined as information that
actually identifies people or businesses. Examples of PII include name,
address, or social security number. Examples of IBI include employer
identification number or e-mail address.
    The following is a list of the PIAs that will be made publically
available as of February 3, 2004:
    1. American Community Survey.
    2. Import and Export Statistics (Automated Export System).
    3. Building Permits Programs.
    4. Center for Economic Studies.
    5. Continuity of Data Processing Operations and Data Security.
    6. Mandatory Economic Surveys.
    7. Data Access and Dissemination Systems.
    8. Data Processing Update Systems.
    9. Decennial 2010.
    10. Demographic Surveys Program.
    11. Economic Census.
    12. Exporter Database.
    13. Field Support Systems.
    14. Geographic Support Systems.
    15. Governments Programs.
    16. Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics Program.
    17. Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic
Encoding and Referencing system (MAF/TIGER) Enhancements Program.
    18. Survey of Business Owners.
    19. Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey.
    20. Voluntary Economic Surveys.
    For more detailed information and to obtain a copy of any or all of
the Census Bureau PIAs, please visit http://www.census.gov/po/pia. The

PIAs will be available via mail, e-mail, or facsimile based on the
requester's preference.

    Dated: February 2, 2004.
Charles Louis Kincannon,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 04-2538 Filed 2-4-04; 8:45 am]

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