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Privacy Impact Assessment

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FRA Privacy Impact Assessments

Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) describes a process used to evaluate the collection of personal data in information systems. The objective of a PIA is to determine if collected personal information data is necessary and relevant. To accomplish this objective, a PIA is used to identify and...

FMCSA Privacy Impact Assessments

Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) describes a process used to evaluate the collection of personal data in information systems. The objective of a PIA is to determine if collected personal information data is necessary and relevant. To accomplish this objective, a PIA is used to identify and...

FHWA Privacy Impact Assessments

Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) describes a process used to evaluate the collection of personal data in information systems. The objective of a PIA is to determine if collected personal information data is necessary and relevant. To accomplish this objective, a PIA is used to identify and...

FAA Privacy Impact Assessments

Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) describes a process used to evaluate the collection of personal data in information systems. The objective of a PIA is to determine if collected personal information data is necessary and relevant. To accomplish this objective, a PIA is used to identify and...

Locomotive Image and Audio Recording Devices for Passenger Trains PIA

Section 11411 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, Pub. L. 114‐94, 129 Stat. 1686 (Dec. 4, 2015) (FAST Act), codified in the Federal railroad safety laws at 49 U.S.C. 20168, requires FRA (as the Secretary of Transportation’s delegate) to promulgate regulations requiring each...

Operational and Supportability Implementation System (OASIS II)

The Federal Aviation Act of 1958 gives the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) the responsibility to carry out safety programs to ensure the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world. One of the programs that helps the FAA fulfill these responsibilities is the Operational and...

FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse

The Clearinghouse, a web-based system found at (https://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov), will provide FMCSA and employers of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers with the necessary tools to identify drivers who are prohibited from operating CMVs due to DOT drug and alcohol program violations. The...

NHTSA Office of Behavioral Safety Research (OBSR) Research Studies

The mission of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce traffic‐related health care and other economic costs. The agency develops, promotes, and implements effective educational, engineering, and enforcement programs with the goal...

NHTSA VRTC Questionnaire Tool Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)

One of the responsibilities of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is to ensure that motor vehicles throughout the United States and its Territories operate safely and within the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS). TheNHTSA Office of Defects...

Small UAS Operations Over People NPRM

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published a proposed rulemaking in accordance with the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, Pub. L. 115-254 (2018). The proposal adds a new subpart to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 107 establishing a framework that would allow...