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Railroads Compliance System (RCS)

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Privacy - FRA - RCS - PIA - 2024.pdf

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) enables the safe, reliable, and efficient movement of people and goods throughout the Nation's railroad industry. To support our mission, the FRA Cloud Component Services (FCAS) is a collection of Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) tools with its subsystems hosted within the Azure and Appian cloud and provides access to FRA personnel and its external customers. Railroads Compliance System (RCS) is the only tool within FCAS that collects, stores, or processes Personally Identifiable Information (PII).  RCS supports the Office of Chief Counsel attorneys in the issuance of civil penalties, and documenting violations of railroad safety laws. RCS replaced the legacy Railroad Enforcement System (RES) application formerly known as “Enforcement Case System.”  
This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is conducted in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002 because RCS collects, stores, and maintains PII on members of the public. This PIA discusses why and how PII within RCS is stored and used and how the PII is protected.

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Last updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2024