Definition
Information collection is
| “ | the obtaining, causing to be obtained, soliciting, or requiring the disclosure to an agency, third parties or the public of information by or for an agency by means of identical questions posed to, or identical reporting, recordkeeping,
or disclosure requirements imposed on, ten or more persons, whether such collection of information is mandatory, voluntary, or required to obtain or retain a benefit.[1] |
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Military
See Department of the Army, Information Collection.
Security
Information collection is the gathering, consolidation, and retention of raw data from sources including human-source intelligence, observation, qualitative and quantitative analysis of data derived from technical observation or from threat/vulnerability analysis, and open-source intelligence.
Information collection is the collection of only pure, unexamined data.
References
- ↑ 5 C.F.R. 1320.3 (2000).