Privacy Impact Assessments

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Privacy Impact Assessments - PIA

The IRS conducts a PIA on information systems that collect personally identifiable information. Performing Privacy Impact Assessments ensures that:

the public is aware of the information we collect about them;
any impact these systems have on personal privacy is adequately addressed; and,
we collect only enough personal information to administer our programs, and no more.

In addition, PIAs confirm that we use the information for the purpose intended; that the information remains timely and accurate; and that it is protected while we have it and that we hold it only for as long as we need it.

As indicated by "XXXXX" some of these documents are edited, or redacted. We have withheld information that, if released might harm our systems, compromise law enforcement efforts or, jeopardize competitive business interests.

PIAs are available in either HTML or PDF format. If no link is provided, then the PIA is not yet available. (See text below the listing for additional information.)

*Full Title*		*Acronym*

A
Accounts Management Service		AMS
Appeals Centralized Database System		ACDS
Appeals Customer Service		ACuServ
Archival and Retrieval Facility		ARF
Asset Forfeiture Tracking and Retrieval		AFTRAK
Audit Information Management System Reference		AIMS-R
Audit Information Management System Related Reports		AIMS-RR
Appeals Centralized Database System		ACDS
Automated Collection System		ACS
Automated Computational Tool		ACT
AIMS Computer Information System (A-CIS)		A-CIS
Automated Electronic Fingerprinting		AEF
Automated Freedom of Information Act		AFOIA
Automated Insolvency System		AIS
Automated Lien System		ALS
Automated Non Master File		ANMF
Automated Offer In Compromise		AOIC
Automated Quarterly Excise Tax Listing, Milestone 4B		AQETL
Automated Substitute for Returns (ASFR) System		ASFR
Automated Substitute for Return A6020(b)
Automated Trust Fund Recovery Application		ATFR
Automated User Fee
Automated Under Reporter Inv. Strategy Database		AURISD

B
Bank Discrepancy Application
Bulkdata Electronic File Transfer System		BEFT
Business Master File Business Master File Case Creation Nonfiler Ident. Process		BMF BMF CCNIP

C
Career Connector Automated Recruitment System
Certified Transcripts		CERTS
CFO/ARDI Audit Management System
CFO Audit Management System		CAMS
Chapter Three Withholding		CTW
Combined Annual Wage Reporting		CAWR
Common Communications Gateway		CCG
Compliance Data Environment, Release 3		CDEr3
Compliance Data Warehouse		CDW
Compliance Research Information System		CRIS
Compliance Research Initiative Tracking System		CRITS
Contact Analytics		CA
Contact Recording for Taxpayer Assistance Centers Pilot
Control Data Analysis		CDA-PCD
Correspondence Examination Automation Support		CEAS
Correspondence Imaging System		CIS
Counsel Automated System Environment		CASE
CASE Management Information System		CASE-MIS
CASE Tax Litigation – Counsel Automated Tracking System		CASE-TLCATS
Criminal Investigation Management Information System		CIMIS
Currency and Banking Retrieval System		CBRS
Custodial Audit Support Tracking System		CASTS
Customer Account Data Engine		CADE
Customer Communications Interactive Processor		CCIP
Customer Self Service Voice Response Unit		CSS-VRU

D
Data Strategy Implementation Program		DSI
Department of Labor Standards Enforcement		DLSE
Dependent Data Base		DDb
Distribution Channel Management		DCM

E
e-Services, Release 3.0, Version 1.0
Elections by Foreign Corporations
Electronic Data Exchange Pilot
Electronic Data Warehouse		EDW
Electronic Disclosure Information Management System Electronic Fax		EDIMS e-FAX
Electronic Federal Tax Payment System		EFTPS
Electronic Filing System		ELF-R
Electronic Filing Automated Report System		EARS
Electronic Fraud Detection System		EFDS
Electronic Installment Agreement		eIA
Electronic Lien Filing System		E-Lien
Electronic Management System		EMS
Electronic MFTRA		E-MFTRA
Electronic Tax Administration Marketing Database		ETA-MDB
Electronic Tax Administration Res & Analysis Sys		ETARAS
Electronic Tax Law Assistance System		ETLA
Enforcement Revenue Information System		ERIS
Embedded Quality Review System		EQRS
Embedded Quality Review System Field		EQRS-F
Employee Plans Audit Information Management System		DPTE
Employee Plans Master File		EPMF
Employee Protection System		EPS
Employee Validation Application		EVA
Enforcement Revenue Information System		ERIS
Enterprise Data Warehouse		EDW
Employee Plans/Exempt Organizations Determination System		EDS
EP/EO Return Inventory Control System e-Postcard Front-End Application e-Postcard Public Disclosure Application		ERICS
Error Resolution System		ERS
Error Resolution System – Computer Assisted Pipeline Review		ERS-CAPR
Examination Desktop Support System		EDSS
Examination Returns Control System		ERCS
Exempt Organizations Extracts		EXEMPTORG
Excise Files Information Retrieval System		ExFIRS
Excise File Information Retrieval System-Modernized		ExFIRS-M
Exempt Orgs & Govt Entities Audit System		DEXP

F
Facilitated Self-Assistance Research Project		FSRP
Federal Tax Deposit		FTD
Federal Payment Levy Program		FPLP
Federal Unemployment Tax Act		FUTA
Filing Information Returns Electronically		FIRE
Filing & Payment Compliance - Data to PCAs
Filing & Payment Compliance System		F&PC
Financial Management Information System		FMIS
Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act		FIRPTA
Form 1042-S Program Report Form 3911 and Form 3913 Returned Refunds		RETREF
Form 5472
Form 8898 Database
Fraud Inventory Management System		FIMS

G
Generalized IDRS Interface		GII
Generalized Mainline Framework		GMF
Generalized Unpostable Framework		GUF

H
Headquarters Employee Plans Inventory Control		HQEP
Health Coverage Tax Credit		HCTC
Health Coverage Tax Credit Drop Box
HQEO System		HQEO

I
Individual Master File		IMF
Individual Retirement Account File		IRAF
Individual Taxpayer Identification Number Real-Time System		ITIN-RTS
Informant Claims Examination		ICE
Information Return Master File		IRMF
Information Returns Processing		IRP
Information Technology Asset Management System		ITAMS
Integrated Collection System		ICS
Integrated Collection System Web Site Migration		ICS-Web
Integrated Data Retrieval System		IDRS
Integrated Enterprise Systems Management - Tivoli		IEMS
Integrated Financial System		IFS
Integrated Management Planning Information System		IMPIS
Integrated Production Model		IPM
Integrated Submission and Remit Proc System		ISRP
Integrated Training Evaluation & Measurement Services		ITEMS
Intelligent Contact Manager		ICM
Interim Investigative Workstation Project		IIWP
Interim Revenue Accounting Control System		IRACS
Internal Revenue Computer Assisted Translation		IRCAT
Internal Revenue Manual Clearance		IRM-e
International Passport Program Office		IPOP
Internet Employer Identification Number		IEIN
Internet Refund Address Change		IRADDR
Internet Refund Earned Income Credit		IREITC
Internet Refund Fact of Filing		IRFOF/ACTC
Internet Refund Trace		IRTRC
Intervoice Voice Response Unit		IV-VRU
Internet EIN CPE
Inventory Delivery System		IDS
Investigative Scanning & Document Management		ISDM
IRS.gov Public Website
Issue Based Management Information System		IBMIS-SDS
Issue Management System Integration		IMSI
i-trak System		i-trak

K
K-1 Data Link

L
Letter & Information Network User-fee System		LINUS
Link & Learn Taxes Automated Certification Tracking LMSB Decision Support & Data Capture System		LMSB DCS
LMSB Selection Workload Classification System		LMSB SWC
LMSB Workload Identification System		LWIS

M
Mail Labels and Media Support		MLMS
Management Information System Data Warehouse		MISDW
Manual Accounts Transfer
Mellon Bank EFT File Transfer Secure Drop Box Server
Microfilm Replacement System		MRS
Minister Waivers		Min Waiv
Modernized e-File		MeF
Modernized e-File Application Excise Tax for e-File		MeF-ETEC
Modernized Internet Employer Identification Number		Mod IEIN
Modernized Paper Pipeline Processing System		MP3
Modified EP/EO Determination System		MEDS

N
National Account Profile		NAP
National Research Program		NRP
Nationwide Tax Forums Customer Satisfaction Surveys Database		NTF-CSSD
Notice Delivery System		NDS

O
Office of Tax Shelter Analysis Database		OTSA
Offshore Credit Card Program		OCCP
On-Line Notice Review		OLNR

P
Payer Master File		PMF
Payment Tracer
Performance Measures for Information Technology		PMITS
Photocopy Fee Refund		PHOREF
Political Action Committees		PAC 527
Predictive Dialing System		PDS
Pre-populated Automated Collection Information Statement		PCIS
Prior Year Earned Income Option		PYEIO
Project 1446
Public Information Officers Database		PioNeer
Procurement Background Investigation Process

Q

R
Recruitment Tracking System		R-TRAK
Remittance Processing System		RPS
Remittance Processing System - Pre-Mainline		RPS-PM
Remittance Strategy for Paper Check Conversion		RS-PCC
Remittance Transaction Research		RTR
Report Generation Software		RGS
Returned Refunds Returns Inventory and Classification System-Compliance Decision Analytics
Returns Inventory & Classification System		RICS

S
Scanning Promoter Documents
Service Center Recognition Image Processing System		SCRIPS
Service Wide Employment Tax Research System		SWETRS
SPEC-TEC Preparer Database Web App PY 2005
SPEC Total Relationship Management		SPECTRM
Specific & Spontaneous Exchange of Information		S&SEI
SS4 Program
SS-8 Integrated Case Processing System		SS8ICP
Standard IDRS Access Tier II		SIA
Statistics of Income Distributed Processing System		SOI-DPS
Suspense Letter Control System		SLCS
System Advocacy Management System, Release II		SAMS-II

T
Tax Forms & Pubs Oracle Program Tracking System		TFPOPTS
Tax Lit-Counsel Automated Tracking System		TLCATS
Tax Return Database		TRDB
Tax Treaty Management Information System		TTMIS
Taxpayer Advocate Service Customer Survey
Taxpayer Advocate Management Information System		TAMIS
TE/GE Reporting and Electronic Examination System		TREES
Temporary Scrambled SSN		TMPSSN
Third Party Contact		TPC

U

V

W
Web-Based Employee Technical Time System		WebETS
Where's My Stimulus Payment		WMSP
Withholding Compliance System		WHCS
Y
YK1

For questions regarding disclosure procedures or to request IRS records and documents, you may contact:

IRS Headquarters Disclosure Office
SB/SE:GLD
1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W .
Washington, DC 20224

For questions regarding the Privacy Impact Assessment process at the IRS:

Director, Office of Privacy
Internal Revenue Service
Room 7050 OS:P:PIP
1111 Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20224

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Page Last Reviewed or Updated: November 05, 2009