DOI Privacy Contacts

The Department of the Interior (DOI) Privacy Office is the Department-wide point of contact for privacy questions, Privacy Act matters, privacy compliance documentation, and privacy program coordination. The DOI Privacy Office supports DOI Bureaus, Offices, and Departmental components through a centralized privacy governance model under the Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

Senior Agency Official for Privacy 

The DOI Chief Information Officer also serves as the Senior Agency Official for Privacy (SAOP), ensuring privacy receives senior-level visibility and Department-wide attention. The DOI Privacy Office manages and coordinates privacy program operations on behalf of the SAOP, including privacy policy, privacy risk management, Privacy Act implementation, privacy compliance reviews, and privacy incident coordination. 

What the DOI Privacy Office Can Help With 

• General questions about the DOI Privacy Program.
• Privacy Act access, amendment, and consent questions.
• Privacy Act Statements, Systems of Records Notices (SORNs), Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), and Privacy Threshold Assessments (PTAs).
• Questions about privacy requirements for DOI systems, applications, websites, forms, information collections, and digital services.
• Questions about privacy incidents, breach reporting, and safeguarding personally identifiable information (PII).
• Routing questions when you are unsure which DOI Bureau, Office, program, or system maintains the records or information at issue. 

Bureau and Office Privacy Support 

DOI no longer maintains separate public Privacy Officer listings for each Bureau and Office on this page. Privacy support for DOI Bureaus, Offices, and Departmental components is coordinated through the DOI Privacy Office. If your question involves a specific Bureau, Office, program, system, or record, please identify it in your message so the DOI Privacy Office can route the matter to the appropriate Privacy Officer, Privacy Analyst, System Manager, or program contact. 

The DOI Privacy Office provides or coordinates privacy support for the following DOI Bureaus, Offices, and Departmental components: 

Privacy Act Requests 

To request access to or amendment of records about yourself, or to authorize disclosure of Privacy Act records to another person or entity, please visit the DOI Privacy Act Requests page. 

Where available, Privacy Act requests may be submitted electronically through the Department’s FOIA Public Access Link, FOIAXpress PAL. A Login.gov account is required to access FOIAXpress PAL and complete remote identity proofing and authentication, where required. 

Freedom of Information Act Requests 

If you are seeking agency records that are not about yourself, the request should generally be submitted as a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. For FOIA information, visit the DOI FOIA Program. 

Additional Information Management Resource Contacts 

• DOI FOIA Officers
• DOI Records Management Officers
• DOI Paperwork Reduction Act Contacts 

Before Sending Sensitive Information 

Do not send unnecessary sensitive personal information by unsecured email. Sensitive information may include Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, driver’s license or passport numbers, medical information, law enforcement or case information, identity documents, or other information that could create a risk of harm if disclosed without authorization. If sensitive information is needed, the DOI Privacy Office will provide instructions for submitting it through an appropriate process.