Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Summary

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

In support of the Chief of Mission's responsibility for draw down and evacuation during crises, data for overseas employees and the Washington Bureaus and Offices is automatically transferred from the Centralized to the Global database on a nightly basis. The Centralized database is used to store data maintained by the webPASS users and the Global database is data repository not accessible by the webPASS users. Direct hire and FSN data is then sent to Department of State (DoS) HR/EX, who consolidates all Mission personnel information and sends it back to the Embassy. Data related to the Washington Bureaus and Offices is not transferred to DoS HR/EX.

Used by Washington to report on staffing for Direct Hires and PSCs. This includes the names, SSNs, locations, positions and other HR information as designated by the individual USAID organization.

In support of the Chief of Mission's responsibility for draw down and evacuation during crises, data for overseas employees and the Washington Bureaus and Offices is automatically transferred from the Centralized to the Global database on a nightly basis. The Centralized database is used to store data maintained by the webPASS users and the Global database is data repository not accessible by the webPASS users. Direct hire and FSN data is then sent to DoS HR/EX, who consolidates all Mission personnel information and sends it back to the Embassy. Data related to the Washington Bureaus and Offices is not transferred to DoS HR/EX.

Used by Washington to report on staffing for Direct Hires and PSCs. This includes the names, SSNs, locations, positions and other HR information as designated by the individual USAID organization.

Missions use portions of the personnel system, including salary/budget, space, awards, languages, training and dependents. WebPASS is a moderate risk system.

PIA Summary