Governmental Terms - P
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) - (federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks)
Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) - (federal corporation established in 1974 under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to guarantee basic pension benefits in covered benefit plans by administering terminated plans and placing liens on corporate assets for certain unfunded pension liabilities)
Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) - (agency within the Department of Defense (DoD) established May 3, 2002, to provide law enforcement and security for the Pentagon)
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) - (any information about an individual maintained by an organization, including any information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, such as name, social security number, date and place of birth, and any other information that is linked or linkable to an individual)
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) - (U.S. Department of Transportation agency whose mission is to advance safe transportation of energy and other hazardous materials)
Postal Inspection Service (PIS) - (division of Postal Service which oversees security of postal facilities)
Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) - (agency which sets postal rates)
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) - (board established to advise the President and agencies of the executive branch and reporting to Congress on privacy and civil liberties matters)
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) - (private-sector nonprofit corporation created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 to oversee the auditors of public companies in order to protect the interests of investors and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, fair, and independent audit reports)
Public Utilities Commission (PUC) - (name for state-level regulatory agencies in a number of states, such as California and New York, which regulate electric, gas, telecommunications, water, and waste water utilities)
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) - (federal legislation which reorganized the financial structures of holding companies in the gas and electric utility industries and regulated their debt and dividend policies)