Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Summary
System Name: OFDAnet RED Files
Managing Office: OFDA
Date PIA Completed: August 5, 2013
OVERVIEW
USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) deploys personnel overseas to coordinate the U.S. Government's response to disasters. While OFDA strives to undertake all prudent safety and security measures, the risk of injury to its staff can never be entirely eliminated. OFDA has mandated the collection of Record of Emergency Data (RED) files for staff deploying on Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DARTs) (see Response Management Team Policy and Procedure, Annex E, section 4.6.10), however, DART members may choose to leave fields blank if they desire. OFDA also has staff members that regularly travel on TDY assignments who have the option to submit RED files.
The voluntary collection of RED files from all OFDA staff, in conjunction with the OFDA Critical Incident Response Plan, is intended to better prepare OFDA to assist injured staff members.
