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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices; Privacy Act of
1974; System of Records
Office of the Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration,
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of alteration of Privacy
Act system of records.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of the
Treasury, Office of the Treasury
Inspector General for Tax
Administration (TIGTA), gives notice of
a proposed alteration to the system of
records entitled ‘‘Treasury/DO .311–
TIGTA Office of Investigations Files,’’
which is subject to the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a). The
system was last published in its entirety
in the Federal Register on May 22,
2003, at 68 FR 28046.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than December 27, 2005. The
proposed routine use will be effective
January 4, 2006, unless the Department
receives comments that would result in
a contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to
Elissa Sissman, Assistant Chief Counsel,
Office of the Treasury Inspector General
for Tax Administration, 1125 15th
Street, NW., Room 700A, Washington,
DC 20005, 202–622–4068. Comments
will be made available for inspection
upon written request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elissa Sissman, Assistant Chief Counsel,
Office of the Treasury Inspector General
for Tax Administration, 1125 15th
Street, NW., Room 700A, Washington,
DC 20005, 202–622–4068.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration (TIGTA) was established
pursuant to the Internal Revenue
Service Restructuring and Reform Act of
1998. TIGTA’s duties and operating
authority are set forth in the Inspector
General Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C app. 3.
TIGTA exercises all duties and
responsibilities of an Inspector General
with respect to the Department and the
Secretary on all matters relating to the
Internal Revenue Service (IRS). TIGTA
conducts, supervises, and coordinates
audits and investigations relating to the
programs and operations of the IRS and
related entities.
An integral part of TIGTA’s mission is
to detect fraud, waste, abuse, and
instances of compromised employee
integrity, including criminal
misconduct. Mission success depends
in large part on the willingness of the
public and Internal Revenue Service
employees to report suspected improper
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or potentially criminal conduct. New
routine use (12) will permit TIGTA
officials to apprise complainants and/or
victims, or their representatives, of the
status or results of the investigation or
case arising from the matters of which
they complained or were the victim,
and, once a subject had exhausted all
reasonable appeals, any action taken.
This new routine use is consistent
with the purposes for which the
information is collected in this system.
Like other executive branch
components, TIGTA has responsibilities
to protect individuals’ privacy.
Providing upon request the limited
information proposed here maintains an
appropriate balance between the right to
privacy of the individual being
investigated and the interests of the
public and complainant/victim in
ensuring that TIGTA appropriately
handled the allegations made.
The report of an altered system of
records, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r)
of the Privacy Act, has been submitted
to the Committee on Government
Reform of the House of Representatives,
the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate,
and the Office of Management and
Budget, pursuant to Appendix I to OMB
Circular A–130, ‘‘Federal Agency
Responsibilities for Maintaining
Records About Individuals,’’ dated
November 30, 2000.
TIGTA proposes to alter system of
records Treasury/DO .311–TIGTA Office
of Investigations Files, as follows:
Treasury/DO .311
SYSTEM NAME:
*
TIGTA Office of Investigations Files.
*
*
*
*
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
*
*
*
*
*
Description of change: The period ‘‘.’’
at the end of routine use (11) is replaced
with a semicolon ‘‘;’’, and the following
routine use is added at the end thereof:
‘‘(12) Disclose information to
complainants, victims, or their
representatives (defined for purposes here to
be a complainant’s or victim’s legal counsel
or a Senator or Representative whose
assistance the complainant or victim has
solicited) concerning the status and/or results
of the investigation or case arising from the
matters of which they complained and/or of
which they were a victim, including, once
the investigative subject has exhausted all
reasonable appeals, any action taken.
Information concerning the status of the
investigation or case is limited strictly to
whether the investigation or case is open or
closed. Information concerning the results of
the investigation or case is limited strictly to
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whether the allegations made in the
complaint were substantiated or were not
substantiated and, if the subject has
exhausted all reasonable appeals, any action
taken.’’
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Dated: November 16, 2005.
Sandra L. Pack,
Assistant Secretary for Management and
Chief Financial Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Extension of
Information Collection; Comment
Request
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on a continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. An agency may
not conduct or sponsor, and a
respondent is not required to respond
to, an information collection unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The OCC is soliciting comment
concerning its information collection
titled, ‘‘Recordkeeping Requirements for
Securities Transactions—12 CFR part
12.’’
You should submit comments by
January 24, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Communications Division,
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Public Information Room,
Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0142,
250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC
20219. In addition, comments may be
sent by fax to (202) 874–4448, or by
electronic mail to
regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You can
inspect and photocopy the comments at
the OCC’s Public Information Room, 250
E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219.
You can make an appointment to
inspect the comments by calling (202)
874–5043.
Additionally, you should send a copy
of your comments to OCC Desk Officer,
1557–0142, by mail to U.S. Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street, NW., #10235, Washington, DC
20503, or by fax to (202) 395–6974.
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices; Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of alteration of Privacy Act system of records.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, Office of the Treasury
Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), gives notice of a
proposed alteration to the system of records entitled ``Treasury/DO
.311-TIGTA Office of Investigations Files,'' which is subject to the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a). The system was last
published in its entirety in the Federal Register on May 22, 2003, at
68 FR 28046.
DATES: Comments must be received no later than December 27, 2005. The
proposed routine use will be effective January 4, 2006, unless the
Department receives comments that would result in a contrary
determination.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Elissa Sissman, Assistant Chief
Counsel, Office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration, 1125 15th Street, NW., Room 700A, Washington, DC 20005,
202-622-4068. Comments will be made available for inspection upon
written request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elissa Sissman, Assistant Chief
Counsel, Office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration, 1125 15th Street, NW., Room 700A, Washington, DC 20005,
202-622-4068.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration (TIGTA) was established pursuant to the Internal Revenue
Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998. TIGTA's duties and
operating authority are set forth in the Inspector General Act of 1978,
5 U.S.C app. 3. TIGTA exercises all duties and responsibilities of an
Inspector General with respect to the Department and the Secretary on
all matters relating to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). TIGTA
conducts, supervises, and coordinates audits and investigations
relating to the programs and operations of the IRS and related
entities.
An integral part of TIGTA's mission is to detect fraud, waste,
abuse, and instances of compromised employee integrity, including
criminal misconduct. Mission success depends in large part on the
willingness of the public and Internal Revenue Service employees to
report suspected improper or potentially criminal conduct. New routine
use (12) will permit TIGTA officials to apprise complainants and/or
victims, or their representatives, of the status or results of the
investigation or case arising from the matters of which they complained
or were the victim, and, once a subject had exhausted all reasonable
appeals, any action taken.
This new routine use is consistent with the purposes for which the
information is collected in this system. Like other executive branch
components, TIGTA has responsibilities to protect individuals' privacy.
Providing upon request the limited information proposed here maintains
an appropriate balance between the right to privacy of the individual
being investigated and the interests of the public and complainant/
victim in ensuring that TIGTA appropriately handled the allegations
made.
The report of an altered system of records, as required by 5 U.S.C.
552a(r) of the Privacy Act, has been submitted to the Committee on
Government Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the
Office of Management and Budget, pursuant to Appendix I to OMB Circular
A-130, ``Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About
Individuals,'' dated November 30, 2000.
TIGTA proposes to alter system of records Treasury/DO .311-TIGTA
Office of Investigations Files, as follows:
Treasury/DO .311
System Name:
TIGTA Office of Investigations Files.
* * * * *
Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories
of Users and Purposes of Such Uses:
* * * * *
Description of change: The period ``.'' at the end of routine use
(11) is replaced with a semicolon ``;'', and the following routine use
is added at the end thereof:
``(12) Disclose information to complainants, victims, or their
representatives (defined for purposes here to be a complainant's or
victim's legal counsel or a Senator or Representative whose
assistance the complainant or victim has solicited) concerning the
status and/or results of the investigation or case arising from the
matters of which they complained and/or of which they were a victim,
including, once the investigative subject has exhausted all
reasonable appeals, any action taken. Information concerning the
status of the investigation or case is limited strictly to whether
the investigation or case is open or closed. Information concerning
the results of the investigation or case is limited strictly to
whether the allegations made in the complaint were substantiated or
were not substantiated and, if the subject has exhausted all
reasonable appeals, any action taken.''
* * * * *
Dated: November 16, 2005.
Sandra L. Pack,
Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-23241 Filed 11-23-05; 8:45 am]
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