The Office of Management and Budget will release on July 28 in the Federal Register an update to Circular A-130, a document that regulates how the federal government manages its information, the White House said in a press release. “Today’s update to Circular A-130 gathers in one resource a wide range of policy updates for federal agencies regarding cybersecurity, information governance, privacy, records management, open data, and acquisitions,” the release states. Most interesting for privacy professionals, the new regulations now require every federal agency to appoint a senior agency official for privacy, provide privacy training, conduct PIAs, maintain an inventory of PII, and actively limit the collection, use, storage, and processing of PII.
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