The Privacy Act defines "systems of records" as "as group of any records under the control of any agency from which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual." Federal agencies are required to make the public aware of what "system of records" they maintain.
You can find more information on governmentwide systems of records at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda_m99-05-c/
A detailed desciption of each System of Records in the table below can be found in the FY 2012 Systems of Records Federal Register Notice [text] | [pdf].
CPSC's Systems of Records:
| Record | Description |
| CPSC-2 |
Advisory Committee Records |
| CPSC-3 |
Claims |
| CPSC-4 |
Hotline Database |
| CPSC-7 |
Enforcement and Investigation Files |
| CPSC-9 |
General Counsel Tracking System |
| CPSC-10 |
Procurement Files |
| CPSC-11 |
Physical Security Records |
| CPSC-12 |
Employee Outside Activity Notices |
| CPSC-13 |
Personnel Payroll, Financial Management, Retirement, Attendance and Leave Records |
| CPSC-15 |
Employee Relations Files |
| CPSC-17 |
Commissioned Officers Personal Data File |
| CPSC-20 |
Personnel Security File |
| CPSC-23 |
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Disability/Accommodation Files |
| CPSC-24 |
Respirator Program Medical Reports |
| CPSC-25 |
FOIA Express System of Records (FOIAXpress) |
| CPSC-26 |
Learning Management System |
| CPSC-27 |
Requests for Information |
| CPSC-28 |
Emergency Information Systems for the Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) |
| CPSC-29 |
Request Tracking System for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests |
| CPSC-30 |
Transit Subsidy Benefit Program |
| CPSC-31 |
Contests, Challenges, and Awards Program |
| CPSC-32 |
CPSC Correspondence Tracking System (CTS) |
| CPSC-33 |
International Trade Data System Risk Assessment Methodology System |