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SORN

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

system of records notice
System of Records Notice

Definitions:

  The Privacy Act requires each agency to publish a notice of its systems of records in the Federal Register. This is called a System of Record Notice (SORN).
Sources:
NIST SP 800-79-2

  The notice(s) published by an agency in the Federal Register upon the establishment and/or modification of a system of records describing the existence and character of the system.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 under system of records notice from OMB Circular A-108

  A notice that federal agencies publish in the Federal Register to describe their system of record.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-63-4 [

  

] under System of Records Notice
NIST SP 800-63A-4 [

  

] under System of Records Notice