What does PIERS stand for?

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Passport Information Electronic Retrieval System

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Information technology (IT) and computers
Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The Passport Information Electronic Retrieval System (PIERS) that State Department contract workers snooped into to view presidential candidates' records without authorization was established in 2000 and contains digitally scanned passport applications, the agency said.

Passport system has privacy warning