Duties Develop, implement, and maintain a department-wide privacy program to ensure compliance with all applicable statutes, regulations, and policies regarding the creation, collection. Use, processing, storage, maintenance, dissemination, disclosures, and disposal of personally identifiable information (PII) by programs and information systems, developing and evaluating privacy policy, and managing privacy risks at USDA. Review authorization packages for information systems that create, collect, use, process, store, maintain, disseminate, disclose, or dispose of PII to ensure compliance with applicable privacy requirements. Manage privacy risks, prior to authorizing officials making risk determinations and acceptance decisions. Evaluate Departmental directives, rulemakings, technologies, policies, procedures, guidelines, programs, projects, and systems (including pilot activities), whether proposed or operational, for potential privacy impacts. Advise USDA leadership and Mission Area, agency, and staff office heads on implementing corresponding privacy protections, providing approval as appropriate. Coordinate with Mission Area, agency, and staff office heads, Privacy Officers, Privacy Act Officers, Privacy Analysts, and other Mission Area, agency, and staff office heads PPOCs to ensure the Department follows USDA privacy policies. Mange OMB memoranda, applicable privacy laws, and Federal Governmentwide privacy policies regarding protecting PII. Review privacy incidents or matters relating to possible violations of privacy arising from the administration of any Department program. Review operations and process privacy complaints from organizations and individuals regarding Departmental activities and ensuring redress is provided, as appropriate. Read the full job description.
Jobs
USDA OCIO seeking Chief Privacy OfficerBy Anthony McCarthy
Duties
Develop, implement, and maintain a department-wide privacy program to ensuApril 26, 2023