The Office of Privacy and Open Government (OPOG) is part of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration (CFO/ASA) and reports to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration. The CFO/ASA's authority is delegated through Department Organization Order 20-31,Chief Privacy Officer and Director of Open Government.

OPOG's functions include:

Commerce Privacy Act Issuances

The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) biennially compiles and publishes The Privacy Act Compilation, as directed by the Privacy Act of 1974. The Privacy Act Compilation consists of:

• Descriptions of systems of records maintained on individuals by Department of Commerce and recordkeeping policies and practices as published in the Federal Register and
• Rules of procedure for individuals requesting information about their records, as codified in the Code of Federal Regulations.

For more detailed information about the Privacy Act Issuances and other

Systems of Records Published Between January 2, 2014 and December 31, 2015

Statement of General Routine Uses

COMMERCE /DEPT-1-”Attendance, Leave, and Payroll Records of Employees and Certain Other Persons.

COMMERCE /DEPT-2-”Accounts Receivable.

COMMERCE /DEPT-3-” Conflict of Interest Records, Appointed Officials--COMMERCE/DEPT-3.

COMMERCE /DEPT-4-” Congressional Files--COMMERCE/DEPT-4.

COMMERCE /DEPT-5-”Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Request Records.

COMMERCE /DEPT-6-” Visitor Logs and Permits for Facilities Under Department Control--COMMERCE/DEPT-6.

COMMERCE /DEPT-7-” Employee Accident Reports--COMMERCE/DEPT-7.

COMMERCE /DEPT-8-” Employee Applications for Motor Vehicle Operator's Card--COMMERCE/DEPT-8.

COMMERCE /DEPT-9-” Travel Records (Domestic and Foreign) of Employees and Certain Other Persons--COMMERCE/DEPT-9.

COMMERCE /DEPT-10-” Executive Correspondence Files--COMMERCE/DEPT-10.

COMMERCE /DEPT-11-” Candidates for Membership, Members, and Former Members of Department of Commerce Advisory Committees.

COMMERCE /DEPT-12-”OIG Investigative Records.

COMMERCE /DEPT-13-” Investigative and Security Records--COMMERCE/DEPT-13.

COMMERCE /DEPT-14-” Litigation, Claims, and Administrative Proceeding Records--COMMERCE/DEPT-14.

COMMERCE /DEPT-15-” Private Legislation Claimants-Central Legislative Files--COMMERCE/DEPT-15.

COMMERCE /DEPT-16-” Property Accountability Files--COMMERCE/DEPT--16.

COMMERCE /DEPT-17-” Records of Cash Receipts--COMMERCE/DEPT-17.

COMMERCE /DEPT-18-”Employees Personnel Files Not Covered by Notices of Other Agencies-COMMERCE/DEPT-18.

COMMERCE /DEPT-19-” Department Mailing Lists--COMMERCE/DEPT-19.

COMMERCE /DEPT-20-”COMMERCE/DEPARTMENT-20, Biographical Files and Social Networks.

COMMERCE /DEPT-22-” Small Purchase Records.

COMMERCE /DEPT-23-”Information Collected Electronically in Connection with Department of Commerce Activities, Events, and Programs.

COMMERCE /DEPT-24-”BusinessUSA Intellectual Hosting Service Application and Satisfaction Survey Records.

COMMERCE /DEPT-25-”COMMERCE/DEPT-25 Access Control and Identity Management System.

COMMERCE /BIS-1-”COMMERCE/BIS-1, Individuals Identified in Export Transactions and Other Matters Subject to BIS Jurisdiction.

COMMERCE -”Bureau of the Census

COMMERCE /CENSUS-1-”Agriculture Census Records for 1974 and 1978--COMMERCE/CENSUS-1.

COMMERCE /CENSUS-2-”Employee Productivity Measurement Records--COMMERCE/CENSUS-2.

COMMERCE /CENSUS-3-”Special Censuses, Surveys, and Other Studies.

COMMERCE /CENSUS-4-”Economic Survey Collection.

COMMERCE /CENSUS-5-”Decennial Census Program.

COMMERCE /CENSUS-6-”Population Census Personal Service Records for 1910 and All Subsequent Decennial Censuses.

COMMERCE /CENSUS-7-”Special Censuses of Population Conducted for State and Local Government--COMMERCE/CENSUS-7.

COMMERCE /CENSUS-8-”Statistical Administrative Records System.

COMMERCE /CENSUS-9-” Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics System.

COMMERCE /CENSUS-10-”American Community Survey.

COMMERCE /CENSUS-12-”Foreign Trade Statistics.

COMMERCE /ITA-2-” Individuals Involved in International Business Trade Complaints--COMMERCE/ITA-2.

COMMERCE /ITA-3-” Mission Directors/Seminar Chairpersons/Industry Technical Representatives--COMMERCE/ITA-3.

COMMERCE /ITA-4-” Membership Information: District Export Councils--COMMERCE/ITA-4.

COMMERCE /ITA-6-” Foreign Service Officer Evaluations--COMMERCE/ITA-6.

COMMERCE /ITA 7-”Export.gov Community Registration.

COMMERCE /ITA 8-”COMMERCE/ITA-8, Salesforce Relationship Management System.

COMMERCE /IATC-1-” Auditor Trainee Registrants--COMMERCE/IATC-1.

COMMERCE /MBDA-1-”Descriptive Data Questionnaire--COMMERCE/MBDA-1.

COMMERCE /NBS-1-”NBS Guest Workers--COMMERCE/NBS-1.

COMMERCE /NBS-3-”Research Associates--COMMERCE/NBS-3.

COMMERCE /NBS-4-”Employees External Radiation Exposure Records--COMMERCE/NBS-4.

COMMERCE /NBS-5-”Nuclear Reactor Operator Licensees File--COMMERCE/NBS-5.

COMMERCE /NBS-6-”Participants in Experiments, Studies, and Surveys--COMMERCE/NBS-6.

COMMERCE /NBS-7-”NBS Emergency Locator System--COMMERCE/NBS-7.

COMMERCE NIST-4-”Employees External Radiation Exposure Records.

COMMERCE /NIST-5-”Nuclear Reactor Operator Licensees File.

COMMERCE / NIST-6-”Participants in Experiments, Studies, and Surveys.

COMMERCE /NIST-7-”NIST Emergency Locator System.

COMMERCE /NIST-8-” Child Care Subsidy Program Records.

COMMERCE /NOAA-1-” Applicants for the NOAA Corps.

COMMERCE /NOAA-2-” Commissioned Officers Official Travel Orders Folders--COMMERCE/NOAA-2.

COMMERCE /NOAA-3-” Commissioned Officer Official Personnel Folders--COMMERCE/NOAA-3.

COMMERCE /NOAA-4-” Commissioned Officers Retired Payroll--COMMERCE/NOAA-4.

COMMERCE /NOAA-5-”Fisheries Law Enforcement Case Files--COMMERCE/NOAA--5.

COMMERCE /NOAA-6-” Fishermen's Statistical Data--COMMERCE/NOAA-6.

COMMERCE /NOAA-7-” Guest Workers at National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center--COMMERCE/NOAA-7.

COMMERCE /NOAA-8-”Individuals Engaged in Weather Modification Activities, COMMERCE/NOAA-8.

COMMERCE /NOAA-9-”Scientist-Researchers in GATE (Global Atmospheric Research Program Atlantic Tropical Experiment)--COMMERCE/NOAA-9.

COMMERCE /NOAA-10-” NOAA Diving Program File--COMMERCE/NOAA-10.

COMMERCE /NOAA-11-”Contact Information for Members of the Public Requesting or Providing Information Related to NOAA"s Mission.

COMMERCE /NOAA-11-”Contact Information for Members of the Public Requesting or Providing Information Related to NOAA"s Mission.

COMMERCE /NOAA-12-” Marine Mammals, Endangered and Threatened Species, Permits and Exemptions Applicants--COMMERCE/NOAA-12.

COMMERCE /NOAA-13-” Personnel, Payroll, Travel, and Attendance Records of the Regional Fishery Management Councils--COMMERCE NOAA-13.

COMMERCE /NOAA 14-”Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program; Office of Education, Educational Partnership Program (EPP); Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program and National Marine Fisheries Service Recruitment, Training, and Research Program.

COMMERCE /NOAA 15-”COMMERCE/NOAA-15, Monitoring of National Marine Fisheries Service Observers.

COMMERCE /NOAA 16-” Economic Data Reports for Alaska Federally Regulated Fisheries off the coast of Alaska.

COMMERCE /NOAA 19-”Permits and Registrations for United States Federally Regulated Fisheries.

COMMERCE /NOAA-20-”Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) 406 MHz Emergency Beacon Registration Database.

COMMERCE /NOAA-23-”COMMENRCE/NOAA-23, Economic Data Collection (EDC) Program for West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program off the coast of Washington, Oregon, and California.

COMMERCE /NTIS-1-”Individuals interested in NTIS Publications, Shipped Order Addresses, Customer Account Records, and Subscriber Files--COMMERCE/NTIS-1.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-1-”Attorneys and Agents Registered to Practice Before the Office.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-2-”Complaints, Investigations and Disciplinary Proceedings Relating to Attorneys and Agents Registered or Recognized to Practice Before the Office.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-3-” Employee Production Records--COMMERCE/PAT-TM-3.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-4-” Government Employee Invention Rights--COMMERCE/PAT-TM-4.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-6-”Parties Involved in Patent Interference Proceedings.

COMMERCE PAT-TM-7-”Patent Application Files. (Note: This notice is broken down, where indicated, into three subsystems relating to the status of the files: a. Pending; b. Abandoned; and c. Patented.)

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-7-”Patent Application Secrecy Order Files.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-9-” Patent Assignment Records--COMMERCE/PAT-TM-9.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-10-”Deposit Accounts and Electronic Funds Transfer Profiles.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-11-” Patent Examiner Testimony Files--COMMERCE/PAT-TM-11.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-12-” Patent Subscription Service System--COMMERCE/PAT-TM-12.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-13-”Petitioners for License to File for Foreign Patents.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-14-”Users of Public Facilities of the Patent and Trademark Office.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-15-”System for Maintenance of Invention Promoter Complaints--COMMERCE/PAT-TM-TBD.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-16-”USPTO PKI Registration and Maintenance System.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-17-”USPTO Security Access Control and Certificate Systems.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-18-”USPTO Personal Identification Verification (PIV) and Security Access Control Systems.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-19-”Dissemination Events and Registrations.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-20-”Customer Call Center, Assistance and Satisfaction Survey Records.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-21-”National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nominations.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-22-”Patent e-Commerce Database.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-23-”User Access for Web Portals and Information Requests.

COMMERCE /PAT-TM-24-”Background Investigations.

COMMERCE /WBO-1-”Talent and Experience File of Women's Business Experts--COMMERCE/WBO-1.

Privacy Act Regulations

Privacy Act Regulations

Contact Information

Phone: 202-482-1190

Fax: 202-482-0827

Mailing Address:

Office of Privacy and Open Government (OPOG)

Office of the Secretary, Office of the CFO/ASA

U.S. Department of Commerce

1401 Constitution Ave., N.W.

Mail Stop 52010

Washington, DC 20230