Privacy Act Statement

Privacy Act Statement

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3), this Privacy Act Statement serves to inform you of why the U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting the information on this form.

Authority: The National Institute of Standards and Technology Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 271 et seq. (which includes Title 15 U.S.C. 272) and The Bayh-Dole Act (35 USC 18) and its implementing regulations (37 CFR 401).

Purpose: The iEdison System collection of information allows the government to identify technologies to which the government has rights to use without additional payment or licensing. This acts as a time and cost-saving mechanism to avoid unnecessary negotiating and payment. It also provides data for calculation of return on investment (ROI) from federal funding and identifies successful research programs. This information also allows the government the opportunity to timely protect inventions which the Contractor declines title or discontinues patent protection.

The information solicited on this form may be made available as a “routine use” pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552a(a)(7) and (b)(3). The information may be made available to other federal agencies to assist the Department in connection with NIST’s management of the purposes stated above; or for other authorized routine uses.

A complete list of the routine uses can be found in the system of records notice associated with this form, “COMMERCE/DEPT-23: Information Collected Electronically in Connection with Department of Commerce Activities, Events, and Programs. This system of records notice can be found on the Department's website at https://www.osec.doc.gov/opog/privacyact/privacyact_sorns.html

CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION:

Providing this information is voluntary. However, failure to provide the requested information may result in an inability for NIST to process, review, and/or act on such requests. In limited circumstances, NIST may authorize the submission of the requested information via paper forms pursuant to the requirements in 15 CFR 748.1(d).