Modified CIPSEA Letter

July XX, 2017

Company Name (respondent)

Company Address

Dear [Primary contact],

The U.S. Energy Information Administration protects the information you report on Form EIA-XXX under the Confidentiality Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA). This law requires EIA to protect the identifiability of your information and restricts the use of your information for statistical purposes only. EIA modified its confidentiality pledge under CIPSEA in 2017 to comply with new requirements arising from the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015. This law requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide Federal civilian agencies’ Information Technology systems with cybersecurity protection for their Internet traffic. The DHS cybersecurity program’s objective is to protect Federal civilian information systems from malicious malware attacks.

EIA is notifying its survey respondents of this revision to its confidentiality pledge. We make a strong effort to honor our statutory promises to the public to protect their confidential data and to safeguard the information that is contained in our data systems. The information you provide on Form EIA-xxx will be used for statistical purposes only and is confidential by law.  In accordance with the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 and other applicable Federal laws, your responses will not be disclosed in identifiable form without your consent.  Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, Federal information systems are protected from malicious activities through cybersecurity screening of transmitted data. Every EIA employee, as well as every agent, is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both if he or she makes public ANY identifiable information you report.

If you have any questions about the modification to EIA’s CIPSEA pledge please contact Jake Bournazian on my staff at (202) 586-5562, email: [email protected].

Sincerely yours,

Nanda Srinivasan, Director

Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration

U.S. Energy Information Administration

1000 Independence Avenue SW

Washington DC 20585