Last Thursday the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent a memo to all federal agency heads revising its guidance on the roles and responsibilities of Senior Agency Officials for Privacy (SAOP). The memo rescinds and replaces the original guidance that was issued in 2005; and it gives the agency heads 60 days to assess the management, structure, and operation of their agency’s privacy program and designate or re-designate a new official to serve as the SAOP. The memo outlines the requirements for the role and designation of the SAOP, the responsibilities of the SAOP, and the requirement to identify the resources (financial, human, informational, and infrastructural) needed to carry out privacy related functions required by law and by OMB policies.
Link to OMB Memo:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2016/m_16_24_0.pdf