Response

Question

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System:

AHRQ WEB

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Is this a new PIA?

No

3

If this is an existing PIA, please provide a reason

for revision:

PIA Validation

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Date of this Submission:

Jun 14, 2006

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OPDIV Name:

AHRQ

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Unique Project Identifier (UPI) Number:

N/A

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Privacy Act System of Records (SOR) Number:

N/A

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OMB Information Collection Approval Number:

OMB 0935-0106

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Other Identifying Number(s):

N/A

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System Name:

AHRQ Web Site

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System Point of Contact (POC). The System POC

is the person to whom questions about the system

and the responses to this PIA may be addressed:

Gerri Michael Dyer

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Provide an overview of the system:

Information dissemination and customer feedback/inquiries.

AHRQ Web site is a communications system for information

dissemination that provides a customer feedback: mechanism for

inquiries and comments. AHRQ was reauthorized in the

Healthcare Research and

13

Indicate if the system is new or an existing one

being modified:

Existing

14

Does/Will the system collect, maintain (store),

disseminate and/or pass through IIF within any

database(s), record(s), file(s) or website(s) hosted

by this system?

Yes

15

Is the system subject to the Privacy Act?

No

16

If the system shares or discloses IIF please specify

with whom and for what purpose(s):

With whom and for what purposes: Handled in a confidential

manner within the Agency; referred to the appropriate staff to

respond to message or to fulfill the stated purpose of the

communication. Web site mailbox inquiries are handled in a

confidential

17

Describe in detail the information the agency will

collect, maintain, or disseminate and why and for

what purpose the agency will use the information:

Users are given the option of contacting the site operator for the

limited purposes of providing feedback or obtaining additional

information. They may provide name, address, phone number,

e-mail address, and Web URLs for Agency response to

comments and i

18

Describe the consent process:

A customer feedback mechanism is provided on the Web site for

users and can be linked through the Contact Us button on the

site. An Electronic Privacy Policy Notice is posted on the Web

site home page and all directories/subdirectories of the site.

Inform

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Does the system host a website?

Yes

20

Does the website have any information or pages

directed at children under the age of thirteen?

No

21

Are there policies or guidelines in place with regard

to the retention and destruction of IIF?

Yes

22

Are there technical controls present?

Yes

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Describe the IIF security controls:

User inquiries are handled in a confidential manner and secured

in an electronic archive that is behind the network fiirewall. Only

the system administrators have access.

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Sr Official of Privacy Signature:

Tim Erny

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Sr Official of Privacy Signoff Date:

Jun 15, 2006

PIA-HHS-Form

Report Date: 8/22/2006

Page: 9

Note on IIF: Any question about IIF seeks to identify any, and all, personal information associated with the system. This includes any IIF, whether or not it

is subject to the Privacy Act, whether the individuals are employees, the public, research subjects, or business partners, and whether provided voluntarily

or collected by mandate. Later questions will try to understand the character of the data and its applicability to the requirements under the Privacy Act or

other legislation. Note: If no IIF is contained in the system, please answer the remaining required questions, then promote the PIA to the Sr. Privacy

Official who will authorize the PIA. Note: If this system contains IIF, all remaining questions on the PIA Form Tabs must be completed prior to signature

and promotion.