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OMB Categories of Harm for reference |
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Inconvenience, distress or damage to standing or reputation |
Financial loss or agency liability |
Harm to agency programs or public interest |
Unauthorized release of sensitive information |
Civil or criminal violations |
Harm and Impact Definitions for reference | |||
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¿POTENTIAL IMPACTS | |||
TYPES OF IMPACTS | LOW | MODERATE | HIGH |
Inconvenience, distress, or damage to standing or reputation | at worst, limited, short-term inconvenience, distress or embarrassment to any party | at worst, serious short term or limited long-term inconvenience, distress or damage to the standing or reputation of any party | severe or serious long-term inconvenience, distress or damage to the standing or reputation of any party (ordinarily reserved for situations with particularly severe effects or which affect many individuals) |
Financial loss or agency liability | at worst, an insignificant or inconsequential unrecoverable financial loss to any party | at worst, a serious unrecoverable financial loss to any party | severe or catastrophic unrecoverable financial loss to any party |
Harm to agency programs or public interest | at worst, an insignificant or inconsequential agency liability | at worst, a serious agency liability | severe or catastrophic agency liability |
Impact of harm to agency programs or public interests | at worst, a limited adverse effect on organizational operations or assets, or public interests. Examples of limited adverse effects are: | at worst, a serious adverse effect on organizational operations or assets, or public interests. Examples of serious adverse effects are: | a severe or catastrophic adverse effect on organizational operations or assets, or public interests. Examples of severe or catastrophic effects are: |
