A system of records is a group of any records under the control of any agency from which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other identifier assigned to the individual. The Privacy Act requires each agency to publish notice of its systems of records in the Federal Register. This notice is generally referred to as a System of Records Notice (SORN).

A SORN is intended to inform the public about what kinds of personal information federal agencies maintain; to limit the uses and disclosures of the information to those compatible with the law permitting its collection; and to describe how an individual might request access to their information or to seek redress otherwise.

• Department-wide Notices
• Bureau and Operating Unit (Component) Notices
• Government-wide Notices
• Department of Commerce Fact Sheets

Department-wide Notices

Bureau and Operating Unit (Component) Notices

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

• BIS-1, Individuals Identified in Export Transactions and Other Matters Subject to BIS Jurisdiction

Census Bureau (CENSUS)

• CENSUS-2, Employee Productivity Measurement Records
• CENSUS-3, Special Censuses, Surveys, and Other Studies
• CENSUS-4, Economic Survey Collection
• CENSUS-5, Decennial Census Program
• CENSUS-6, Population Census Records for 1910 and All Subsequent Decennial Censuses
• CENSUS-7, Demographic Survey Collection (Non-Census Bureau Sampling Frame) 
• CENSUS-8, Statistical Administrative Records System
• CENSUS-9, Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics System
• CENSUS-12, Foreign Trade Statistics

International Trade Administration (ITA)

• ITA-1, Reserved
• ITA-2, Individuals Involved in International Business Trade Complaints
• ITA-3, Mission Directors/Seminar Chairpersons/Industry Technical Representatives
• ITA-4, Membership Information: District Export Councils
• ITA-5, Reserved
• ITA-6, Foreign Service Officer Evaluations
• ITA-7, Export.gov Community Registration
• ITA-8, Salesforce Relationship Management System

Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)

• MBDA-1, Reserved

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

• NIST-1, NIST Associates

• NIST-2, Reserved
• NIST-3, Reserved
• NIST-4, Employees External Radiation Exposure Records
• NIST-5, Nuclear Reactor Operator Licensees File
• NIST-6, Participants in Experiments, Studies, and Surveys
• NIST-7, NIST Emergency Locator System
• NIST-8, Child Care Subsidy Program Records

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

• NOAA-1, Applicants for the NOAA Corps
• NOAA-2, Reserved
• NOAA-3, NOAA Corps Officer Official Personnel Folders
• NOAA-4, Reserved
• NOAA-5, Fisheries Law Enforcement Case Files
• NOAA-6, Fishermen's Statistical Data
• NOAA-7, Reserved
• NOAA-8, Reserved
• NOAA-9, Reserved
• NOAA-10, NOAA Diving Program File
• NOAA-11, Contact Information for Members of the Public Requesting or Providing Information Related to NOAA's Mission
• NOAA-12, Marine Mammals, Endangered and Threatened Species, Permits and Authorizations Applicants
• NOAA-13, Personnel, Payroll, Travel, and Attendance Records of the Regional Fishery Management Councils
• 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
• NOAA-15, Monitoring of National Marine Fisheries Service Observers
• NOAA-16, Economic Data Reports for Alaska Federally Regulated Fisheries off the coast of Alaska
• NOAA-17, Reserved
• NOAA-18, Reserved
• NOAA-19, Permits and Registrations for United States Federally Regulated Fisheries
• NOAA-20, Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) 406 MHz Emergency Beacon Registration Database
• NOAA-21, Financial Services Division
• NOAA-22, NOAA Health Services Questionnaire (NHSQ) and Tuberculosis Screening Document (TSD)
• NOAA-23, Economic Data Collection (EDC) Program for West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program off the coast of Washington, Oregon, and California

National Technical Information Services (NTIS)

• NTIS-1, NTIS Business Systems

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)

• PAT-TM-1, Attorneys and Agents Registered or Recognized to Practice Before the Office
• PAT-TM-2, Complaints, Investigations and Disciplinary Proceedings Relating to Attorneys and Agents Registered or Recognized to Practice Before the Office
• PAT-TM-3, Employee Production Records
• PAT-TM-4, Government Employee Invention Rights
• PAT-TM-5, Non-Registered Persons Rendering Assistance to Patent Applicants
• PAT-TM-6, Parties Involved in Patent Interference Proceedings
• 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.)
• PAT-TM-8, Patent Application Secrecy Order Files
• PAT-TM-9, Patent Assignment Records
• PAT-TM-10, Deposit Accounts and Electronic Funds Transfer Profiles
• PAT-TM-11, Patent Examiner Testimony Files
• PAT-TM-12, Patent Subscription Service System
• PAT-TM-13, Petitioners for License to File for Foreign Patents
• PAT-TM-14, Users of Public Facilities of the Patent and Trademark Office
• PAT-TM-15, System for Maintenance of Invention Promoter Complaints
• PAT-TM-16, USPTO PKI Registration and Maintenance System
• PAT-TM-17, USPTO Security Access Control and Certificate Systems
• PAT-TM-18, USPTO Personal Identification Verification (PIV) and Security Access Control Systems
• PAT-TM-19, Dissemination Events and Registrations
• PAT-TM-20, Customer Call Center, Assistance and Satisfaction Survey Records
• PAT-TM-21, National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nominations
• PAT-TM-22, Patent e-Commerce Database
• PAT-TM-23, User Access for Web Portals and Information Requests
• PAT-TM-24, Background Investigations
• PAT-TM-26, Trademark Application and Registration Records

Government-wide Notices

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• DHS/GOV-1: 001 National Defense Executive Reserve System of Records

Department of Labor (DOL)

• DOL/GOVT-1, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Federal Employees' Compensation Act File
• DOL/GOVT-2, Job Corps Student Records

 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

• EEOC/GOV-1: Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government Complaint and Appeal Records

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• EPA/GOVT-1, Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Records

 General Services Administration (GSA)

• GSA/GOVT-2: Employment Under Commercial Activities Contracts 

• GSA/GOV-3: Travel Charge Card Program

• GSA/GOVT-4: Contracted Travel Services Program

• GSA/GOV-6: GSA SmartPay Purchase Charge Card Program

• GSA/GOV-7: HSPD-12 USAccess

• GSA/GOV-9: System for Award Management (SAM)

• GSA/GOV-10: Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Data Collection System

Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)

• MSPB/GOV-1: Appeals and Case Records

 Office of Government Ethics (OGE)

• OGE/GOVT-1: Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Reports and Other Name-Retrieved Ethics Program Records.
• OGE/GOVT-2: Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Reports

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

• OPM/GOVT-1, General Personnel Records
• OPM/GOVT-2, Employee Performance File System Records
• OPM/GOVT-3, Records of Adverse Actions, Performance-Based Reductions In Grade and Removal Actions, and Terminations of Probationers
• OPM/GOVT-5, Recruiting, Examining and Placement Records
• OPM/GOVT-6, Personnel Research and Test Validation Records
• OPM/GOVT-7, Applicant Race, Sex, National Origin, and Disability Status Records
• OPM/GOVT-10: Employee Medical File System Records

Department of Commerce Privacy Act Fact Sheets

General fact sheets about the Privacy Act and SORNs, as well as about specific notices, such as COMMERCE/DEPT-25, "Access Control and Identity Management System."

• Systems of Records Notice (SORN) Descriptors
• Systems of Records Notice: COMMERCE/DEPT-25