Privacy Act; Notification of an Amendment to an Existing Privacy Act System of Records; Inventory Management System (IMS) (Formerly-The Public and Indian Housing Information Center (PIC)), 58256-58259 [E8-23473]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
PURPOSE(S):
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Donna Robinson-Staton, Departmental
Privacy Act Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, SW., Room 2256,
Washington DC 20410, telephone
number (202) 402–8073 or Gail B. Dise,
Assistant Chief Financial Office for
Systems, Office of the Chief Financial
Officer, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., Room 3100, Washington, DC
20410, Telephone Number (202) 708–
1757. (These are not toll free numbers.)
A telecommunication device for
hearing- and speech-impaired
individuals (TTY) is available at 1–800–
877–8339 (Federal Information Relay
Service).
The purpose of the system of records
is to obtain payroll cost from NFC.
Additionally, PSCS sends the payroll
costs to HUDCAPS for accounting of the
payroll. PSCS is necessary since it sends
HUD’s payroll costs to HUDCAPS and
impacts HUD’s financial reporting to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). There is no public access to this
system. This is for internal use only.
Additionally, PSCS converts the NFC
code to HUD organizational codes then
transits the converted codes and payroll
costs to HUD’s Central Accounting and
Program System (HUDCAPS) for
accounting of the payroll. The system
has 2 users with READ ONLY
privileges.
For information assistance, or inquiry
about existence of records, contact the
Departmental Privacy Act Officer,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Room 2256, Washington, DC 20410 in
accordance with the procedures in 24
CFR part 16.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11)
provide that the public be afforded a 30day period in which to comment on the
new record system.
The new system report, as required by
5 U.S.C. 552a(r)of the Privacy Act was
submitted to the Committee on
Government Affairs of the United States
Senate, the Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight of the House of
Representatives, and the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix I
to OMB Circular No. A–130, Federal
Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining
Records about Individuals, dated June
25, 1993 (58 FR 36075, July 2, 1993).
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a, 88 Stat. 1896; 42
U.S.C. 3535(d).
Dated: September 23, 2008.
Lisa Schlosser,
Chief Information Officer.
HUD/CFO–05
NAME:
Personal Services Cost Subsystem
(PSCS, A75I).
HUD Headquarters in Washington DC.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
HUD employees.
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CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Social Security Numbers (SSNs),
Employee Names, Banking Information
(bank routing and deposit account
number), Employee Payroll Costs.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
Sec. 113 of the Budget and
Accounting Act of 1950 31 U.S.C. 66a.
(Pub. L. 81–784).
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Including categories of users and the
purposes of such uses: In addition to
those disclosures generally permitted
under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy
Act, other routine uses are as follows:
To HUDCAPS to record accounting of
payroll cost.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING;
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
Hard copy documents are stored in
the secure cabinets; electronic files are
stored on servers.
RETRIEVABILITY:
By Social Security Number; name.
SAFEGUARDS EMPLOYED INCLUDES:
Background screening, limited
authorizations and access, security
guards; computer records are
maintained in secure areas with access
limited to authorized personnel and
technical restraints employed with
regard to accessing the records; access to
automated systems by authorized users
by passwords.
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Are in accordance with GSA
schedules of retention and disposal.
HUD Handbook 2225.6 Records
Disposition Schedule Appendix 65,
HUD Handbook 2228.1 Records
Disposition Schedule Management
Chapter 9, and HUD Handbook 2228.2
General Records Schedule
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Gail B. Dise, Assistant Chief Financial
Office for Systems, Office of the Chief
Financial Officer, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, SW., Room 3100,
Washington, DC 20410, Telephone
Number (202) 708–1757.
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The Department’s rules for providing
access to records to the individual
concerned appear in 24 CFR part 16. If
additional information or assistance is
required, contact the Departmental
Privacy Act Officer, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, SW., Room 2256,
Washington, DC 20410.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
Procedures for the amendment or
correction of records and for applicants
wanting to appeal initial agency
determination appear in 24 CFR part 16.
If additional information is needed,
contact:
(i) In relation to contesting contents of
records, the Departmental Privacy Act
Officer at HUD, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., Room 2256, Washington, DC
20410; and
(ii) In relation to appeals of initial
denials, HUD, Departmental Privacy
Appeals Officer, Office of General
Counsel, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Subject individuals; other
individuals; financial institutions,
private corporations or firms doing
business with HUD; Federal agencies;
HUD personnel.
EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE
ACT:
None.
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RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
SYSTEM LOCATION:
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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM:
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5130–N–27]
Privacy Act; Notification of an
Amendment to an Existing Privacy Act
System of Records; Inventory
Management System (IMS) (Formerly—
The Public and Indian Housing
Information Center (PIC))
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notification of an Amendment
to a Privacy Act System of Records.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD)
proposes to amend one of its Privacy
Act record systems subject to the
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended. The amendment is to reflect
changes in the system name, location,
new system managers and current
updates to the ‘‘Purpose’’ and ‘‘Systems
Security Measures’’ statements. This
system is managed and operated by
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian
Housing. IMS replaces the former Public
and Indian Housing Information Center
(PIC) system. The notice for the PIC
system was published at 67 FR 20986.
This record system supports the
administration of programs for families
receiving housing assistance for those
entities that administer HUD’s Office of
Public and Indian Housing rental
assistance programs. The entities that
administer PIH’s rental assistance
programs are the Public Housing
Authorities (PHAs). Additionally, as
part of HUD’s oversight responsibility,
the collected data maintained in IMS is
used to calculate the amount of subsidy
authorized and disbursed to PHAs and
to monitor PHAs’ overall performance
and use of HUD funds. The existing
scope, objectives, and business
processes in place for this program
remain unchanged.
System Security Measures: The
availability and data in IMS are
important. Much of the data needs to be
protected from unanticipated or
unintentional modification. HUD
restricts the use of the information to
HUD’s oversight responsibility, and
access to the IMS is controlled by using
the Web Access Security System
(WASS) security module, which
requires users to use the single sign-on
security interface. WASS consists of a
secure connection component and a
secure systems component. WASS
provides an overall security umbrella
for thousands of HUD-wide system
users. The secure connection
component of WASS includes online
registration forms that are accessible via
the World Wide Web and are used by
HUD’s trusted Business Partners to
submit requests for the authority to
access secure systems that reside behind
HUD’s firewall. The data captured by
the secure connection registration page
is used to establish authorized user on
the Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP) server. Secure
connection provides system level
security by validating users against the
LDAP server prior to providing users
access to HUD’s Secure System
environment from the internet by: (1)
The WASS module controls a user’s
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access, updates access, read-only access,
and approval access based on the user’s
role and security access level; (2)
unauthorized system access is reduced
by restricting access by job function and
by the use of user identifications (User
IDs) and password and user IDs that are
utilized to identify the transaction by
users; (3) inaccurate and incomplete
data are identified and eliminated with
extensive edits; and (4) data corruption/
destruction is handled by limiting user
IDs that have update rights to the
production server/databases.
Data Quality: PHAs enter
management, building and unit
inventory details, and family
information into IMS. Family data
includes the families’ names, social
security numbers (SSN), and dates of
birth. The social security number search
feature was established to help HUD
maintain data quality and integrity and
to support one of its strategic objectives
to prevent fraud and abuse. This search
feature: (1) Helps to confirm that those
families entitled to benefits receive
benefits; (2) assists in limiting the
duplication of benefits; and (3) helps to
prevent submission of false applications
for benefits, thereby ensuring data
quality.
DATES: Effective Date: This action shall
be effective without further notice on
November 5, 2008 unless comments are
received that would result in a contrary
determination.
Comments Due Date: November 5,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk,
Office of General Counsel, Room 10276,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410.
Communications should refer to the
above docket number and title. A copy
of each communication submitted will
be available for public inspection and
copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
weekdays at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donna Robinson-Staton, Departmental
Privacy Act Officer, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, SW., Room 2256,
Washington, DC 20410, Telephone
Number (202) 402–8073. (This is not a
toll-free number.) A telecommunication
device for hearing- and speech-impaired
individuals (TTY) is available at 1–800–
877–8339 (Federal Information Relay
Service).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C.
552a), as amended, this notice is HUD’s
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notification of its intent to amend this
system of records for IMS, HUD/PIH–4.
Title 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11)
provide that the public be afforded a 30day period in which to comment on the
amended system of records, and require
published notice of the existence and
character of the system of records.
The system report was submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), the Senate Committee on
Governmental Affairs, and the House
Committee on Government Reform
pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix 1
to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘‘Federal
Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining
Records About Individuals,’’ July 25,
1994; 59 FR 37914.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a, 88 Stat. 1896; 42
U.S.C. 3535(d).
Dated: September 15, 2008.
Lisa Schlosser,
Chief Information Officer.
HUD/PIH–4
SYSTEM NAME:
Inventory Management System (IMS)
formerly known as the Public and
Indian Housing (PIH) Information
Center (PIC).
SYSTEM LOCATION:
IMS system servers are located in
Charleston, WV; and access is through
the Internet. The servers are maintained
by HUD Information Technology
Services (HITS) contractor, and HUD’s
information technology partners:
Electronic Data Services (EDS) and
Lockheed Martin.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
Families receiving rental housing
assistance via programs administered by
the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, State Agencies, PHAs.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Categories of records in the system:
Records consist of automated building
and unit inventory details, family
composition details, income, and rent
data obtained from PHAs. More
specifically, the system of records
contains: Identification information
such as names and social security
numbers for individuals 6 years and
older; alien registration information;
address and tenant unit numbers;
financial data such as income,
adjustments to income, tenant family
composition characteristics such as
family size, sex of family members,
information about the family that would
qualify them for certain adjustments or
for admission to a project limited to a
special population (e.g., elderly,
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handicapped, or disabled); relationships
of members of the household to the
head of household (e.g., spouse, child);
preferences applicable to the family at
admission; income status at admission;
race and ethnicity of household
members; unit characteristics such as
number of bedrooms; geographic data
obtained by the PHA.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
• The U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq;
• The Housing Community
Development Act of 1981, Public Law
97–35, 85 stat., 348,408 requires
applicants and residents to provide the
information collected; and
• The Housing and Community
Development Act of 1987, 42 U.S.C.
3543, requires applicants and residents
to provide the SSN(s) of household
members at least six (6) years old.
• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1962 (42 U.S.C. 2000d), and by the Fair
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601–19).
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PURPOSE:
An applicant for public housing
completes or a PHA representative
assists in filling out an application that
determines an applicant’s eligibility for
public housing assistance. The
following information assists in the
eligibility determination: (1) Names of
all persons who will be living in the
unit, their sex, race, date of birth, and
relationship to the family head; (2)
Present address and telephone number;
(3) Family characteristics (e.g., veteran)
or circumstances (e.g., living in
substandard housing) that might qualify
the family for tenant selection
preferences) or disability; (4) Names and
addresses of current and previous
landlords for information concerning
the family’s suitability as a tenant; (5)
An estimate of the family’s anticipated
income for the next twelve months and
the sources of that income; (6) The
names and addresses of employers,
banks, and any other information the
PHA would need to verify income and
deductions, and to verify the family
composition. A housing official may
visit the present home to interview the
applicant and applicant’s family
members to see how the present home
is managed and maintained.
IMS also allows PHAs to
electronically submit information to
HUD that is related to the
administration of HUD’s Public and
Indian Housing programs. It collects
data for PIH operations, including data
submitted via the Internet from HUD’s
field offices and HUD’s business
partners, and accurately tracks activities
and processes. IMS also helps to
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increase sharing of information
throughout the Office of Public and
Indian Housing, which improves staff
awareness of activities related to the
administration of HUD-subsidized
housing programs. IMS is a flexible,
scaleable, Internet-based integrated
system, which enables PHA users and
HUD personnel to access a common
database of PHA information via their
web browser. IMS aids HUD and entities
that administer HUD’s assisted housing
programs in: (a) Increasing the effective
distribution of rental assistance to
individuals that meet the requirements
of Federal rental assistance programs;
(b) Detecting abuses in assisted housing
programs; (c) Taking administrative or
legal actions to resolve past abuses of
assisted housing programs; (d) Deterring
abuses by verifying the employment and
income of applicants and tenants at the
time of occupancy and at re-certification
via the PIH–REAC Enterprise Income
Verification (EIV); (e) evaluating the
effectiveness of income discrepancy
resolution actions taken by PHAs for
HUD’s rental assistance programs; (f)
Evaluating program effectiveness; (g)
Improving the reporting rate; (h)
Forecasting budgets; (i) Controlling
funds; and (j) Updating building and
unit data. The Public and Indian
Housing’s IMSystem serves as a
repository for automated information
used when comparing family income
data reported, by recipients of Federal
rental assistance, to income data
received from external sources.
RECORDS IN IMS ARE SUBJECT TO USE IN
AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED COMPUTER
MATCHING PROGRAMS REGULATED UNDER THE
PRIVACY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED. ROUTINE
USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM,
INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
In addition to the uses cited in the
section of this document titled
‘‘Purposes’’, other routine uses may
include:
1. To federal, state, and local agencies
(e.g., state agencies administering the
state’s unemployment compensation
laws, state welfare and food stamp
agencies, U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, U.S. Social Security
Administration, and the Office of Child
Support Enforcement Center’s National
Directory of New Hires database to
verify the accuracy and completeness of
the data provided, to verify eligibility or
continued eligibility in HUD’s rental
assistance programs, and to aid in the
identification of tenant errors, fraud,
and abuse in assisted housing programs
through HUD’s tenant income computer
matching program;
2. To individuals under contract to
HUD or under contract to another
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agency with funds provided by HUD for
the preparation of studies and statistical
reports directly related to the
management of HUD’s rental assistance
programs, to support quality control for
tenant eligibility efforts requiring a
random sampling of tenant files to
determine the extent of administrative
errors in making rent calculations,
eligibility determinations, etc., and for
processing certifications/recertifications;
3. To Public Housing Agencies (PHAs)
to verify the accuracy and completeness
of tenant data used in determining
eligibility and continued eligibility and
the amount of housing assistance
received and to complete and submit
Occupancy report, SEMAP certification,
PHA contact information, and upload
Form 50058. Any information shared
back to the PHAs will pertain only to
that PHA’s operations, no other PHA’s
operations;
4. To private owners of assisted
housing to verify the accuracy and
completeness of applicant and tenant
data used in determining eligibility and
continued eligibility and the amount of
housing assistance received;
5. To PHAs, owners and management
agents, and contract administrators to
identify and resolve discrepancies in
tenant data;
6. To the Social Security
Administration and Immigration and
Naturalization Service to verify alien
status and continued eligibility in
HUD’s rental assistance programs; and
7. To researchers affiliated with
academic institutions, with not-forprofit organizations, or with federal,
state or local governments, or to policy
researchers without individual
identifiers (name, address, social
security number) for the performance of
research and statistical activities on
housing and community development
issues
BELOW ARE OTHER ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS
MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM AND THE PURPOSES
OF SUCH USES:
1. PHA complete and submit
Occupancy report, SEMAP certification,
PHA contact information, upload Form
50058.
2. Field Offices review SEMAP
certifications, review, and approve or
reject occupancy reports, resolve Form
50058 errors.
3. Web Access SubSystem (WASS)
authenticates user name and password
before user can access Public Indian
Housing (PIH)-IMS.
4. Line of Credit Control System/
Program Accounting System (LOCCS/
PAS) feeds funding data such as grant
details to the public housing authorities.
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5. PHA scoring data produced by
Integrated Asset Subsystem (NASS)
provides the data to PIH–IMS.
6. HUD Central Accounting and
(HUDCAPS) data mart provides
financial management info to PIH,
Housing Inventory, Management
reports, and Module 50058.
7. Voucher management System
serves as the source of leased units for
voucher funded assistance to PIH–IMS.
8. PIH–IMS provides Form 50058 data
on a monthly basis for the Enterprise
Income Verification system (EIV) for the
purpose of computer matching.
9. PIH–IMS also shares census tract
data with the Geo coding Service Center
system.
10. PIH–IMS provides information for
performance reporting and data that
assists in the budget formulation for the
Capital Fund.
3. The IMS System maintains record
of each user’s logons, logoffs, and logoff
exceptions if any.
4. For each user, IMS system logs the
number requests for web pages
containing privacy data. The number of
page view requests are tracked per page
per session. The first and last timestamp
of access for every privacy page is also
recorded per session.
5. IMS system archives the user
privileges data when a user is removed
from the system or when the unmasked
privacy data viewing privileges are
modified.
6. Hard copy records are stored in
lock file cabinets in rooms to which
access is limited to those personnel who
service the records.
7. Background screening, limited
authorization and access with access
limited to authorize personnel.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
STORAGE:
Records are stored manually in family
case files in the PHAs and electronically
in office automation equipment.
Records are stored on HUD computer
servers for field office and public
housing agencies’ access via the Internet
to: (1) Obtain social security and
supplemental security income data that
are not subject to provisions of 26 U.S.C.
6103; and (2) update actions taken in
resolving income discrepancies.
Software in IMS precludes the transfer
of any data subject to 26 U.S.C. 6103 to
unencrypted media. All of the IMS data
is store on HUD’s Servers. The disk and
backup files are maintained by HUD’s
information technology partners—
Electronic Data Services (EDS) and
Lockheed Martin. The original (hard
copy) files are stored in the originating
PHA.
IRRETRIEVABILITY:
Records are retrieved by an
individual’s SSN.
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SAFEGUARDS:
These are the measures used to
protect the records from unauthorized
access or disclosure:
1. The REAC–IT Web Access Secure
SubSystem (WASS) provides audit
logging for all system access via WASS’s
authentication of all users. Audit
logging in WASS includes a keystroke
logger which covers every keystroke of
any user with in WASS.
2. WASS provides authentication
methods that meet NIST requirements.
Every user has a WASS ID and is
authenticated via WASS.
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SYSTEM MANAGERS(S) AND ADDRESSES:
Gary Faeth, Acting IT Division
Director for Public and Indian Housing
Information Management, Potomac
Center, 550 Twelfth Street, SW., First
Floor, Washington, DC 20410,
Telephone Number, (202) 475–8730 or
Hitesh Doshi, IMS Information
Technology Manager, Potomac Center,
550 Twelfth Street, First Floor, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410, Telephone
Number, (202) 475–8940.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
For information, assistance, or inquiry
about the existence of records, contact
the Privacy Act Officer at the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC. Written requests must
include the full name, Social Security
Number, date of birth, current address,
and telephone number of the individual
making the request.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
Procedures for the amendment or
correction of records and for applicants
wanting to appeal initial agency
determination appear in 24 CFR part 16.
If additional information is needed,
contact:
(i) In relation to contesting contents of
records, the Departmental Privacy Act
Officer at HUD, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., Room 2256, Washington, DC
20410; and
(ii) In relation to appeals of initial
denials, HUD, Departmental Privacy
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Appeals Officer, Office of General
Counsel, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
IMS receives data from field office
staff, federal government agencies, state
and local agencies, private data sources,
owners and management agencies.
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs)
routinely collect personal and income
data from participants in and applicants
for HUD’s public and assisted housing
programs. The data collected by PHAs is
entered into IMS via the system itself by
VPN, via PHA-owned software, or via
HUD’s Family Reporting software (FRS)
EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE
ACT:
None.
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Electronic records are maintained and
destroyed according to the HUD Records
Disposition Schedule 2225.6. Records
are maintained for a period of three
years.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R7–2008–N0093]
Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife
Refuges, Galena, AK
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the
Draft Revised Comprehensive
Conservation Plan and Environmental
Assessment for Koyukuk, Northern Unit
Innoko, and Nowitna National Wildlife
Refuges; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), announce the
availability of a draft revised
comprehensive conservation plan (Draft
CCP) and environmental assessment
(EA) for the Koyukuk, Northern Unit
Innoko, and Nowitna National Wildlife
Refuges (Refuge) is available for public
review and comment. In this Draft CCP
and EA we describe two alternatives,
including our preferred action, to
manage the Refuge for the next 15 years.
Also available for public review and
comment are draft compatibility
determinations.
Comments on the Draft CCP and
EA must be received on or before
December 15, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may view or obtain
copies of the Draft CCP and EA by any
of the following methods. You may
request a paper copy, a summary, or a
CD–ROM containing both.
Agency Web Site: Download a copy of
the documents at https://alaska.fws.gov/
nwr/planning/plans.htm.
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5130-N-27]
Privacy Act; Notification of an Amendment to an Existing Privacy
Act System of Records; Inventory Management System (IMS) (Formerly--The
Public and Indian Housing Information Center (PIC))
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notification of an Amendment to a Privacy Act System of
Records.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposes
to amend one of its Privacy Act record systems subject to the Privacy
Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The amendment is to reflect
changes in the system name, location, new system managers and current
updates to the ``Purpose'' and ``Systems Security Measures''
statements. This system is managed and operated by HUD's Office of
Public and Indian Housing. IMS replaces the former Public and Indian
Housing Information Center (PIC) system. The notice for the PIC system
was published at 67 FR 20986. This record system supports the
administration of programs for families receiving housing assistance
for those entities that administer HUD's Office of Public and Indian
Housing rental assistance programs. The entities that administer PIH's
rental assistance programs are the Public Housing Authorities (PHAs).
Additionally, as part of HUD's oversight responsibility, the collected
data maintained in IMS is used to calculate the amount of subsidy
authorized and disbursed to PHAs and to monitor PHAs' overall
performance and use of HUD funds. The existing scope, objectives, and
business processes in place for this program remain unchanged.
System Security Measures: The availability and data in IMS are
important. Much of the data needs to be protected from unanticipated or
unintentional modification. HUD restricts the use of the information to
HUD's oversight responsibility, and access to the IMS is controlled by
using the Web Access Security System (WASS) security module, which
requires users to use the single sign-on security interface. WASS
consists of a secure connection component and a secure systems
component. WASS provides an overall security umbrella for thousands of
HUD-wide system users. The secure connection component of WASS includes
online registration forms that are accessible via the World Wide Web
and are used by HUD's trusted Business Partners to submit requests for
the authority to access secure systems that reside behind HUD's
firewall. The data captured by the secure connection registration page
is used to establish authorized user on the Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol (LDAP) server. Secure connection provides system level
security by validating users against the LDAP server prior to providing
users access to HUD's Secure System environment from the internet by:
(1) The WASS module controls a user's access, updates access, read-only
access, and approval access based on the user's role and security
access level; (2) unauthorized system access is reduced by restricting
access by job function and by the use of user identifications (User
IDs) and password and user IDs that are utilized to identify the
transaction by users; (3) inaccurate and incomplete data are identified
and eliminated with extensive edits; and (4) data corruption/
destruction is handled by limiting user IDs that have update rights to
the production server/databases.
Data Quality: PHAs enter management, building and unit inventory
details, and family information into IMS. Family data includes the
families' names, social security numbers (SSN), and dates of birth. The
social security number search feature was established to help HUD
maintain data quality and integrity and to support one of its strategic
objectives to prevent fraud and abuse. This search feature: (1) Helps
to confirm that those families entitled to benefits receive benefits;
(2) assists in limiting the duplication of benefits; and (3) helps to
prevent submission of false applications for benefits, thereby ensuring
data quality.
DATES: Effective Date: This action shall be effective without further
notice on November 5, 2008 unless comments are received that would
result in a contrary determination.
Comments Due Date: November 5, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General Counsel, Room
10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20410. Communications should refer to the above
docket number and title. A copy of each communication submitted will be
available for public inspection and copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
weekdays at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Robinson-Staton, Departmental
Privacy Act Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, SW., Room 2256, Washington, DC 20410, Telephone Number
(202) 402-8073. (This is not a toll-free number.) A telecommunication
device for hearing- and speech-impaired individuals (TTY) is available
at 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Information Relay Service).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. 552a), as amended, this notice is HUD's notification of its
intent to amend this system of records for IMS, HUD/PIH-4. Title 5
U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11) provide that the public be afforded a 30-day
period in which to comment on the amended system of records, and
require published notice of the existence and character of the system
of records.
The system report was submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the
House Committee on Government Reform pursuant to paragraph 4c of
Appendix 1 to OMB Circular No. A-130, ``Federal Agency Responsibilities
for Maintaining Records About Individuals,'' July 25, 1994; 59 FR
37914.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a, 88 Stat. 1896; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).
Dated: September 15, 2008.
Lisa Schlosser,
Chief Information Officer.
HUD/PIH-4
SYSTEM NAME:
Inventory Management System (IMS) formerly known as the Public and
Indian Housing (PIH) Information Center (PIC).
SYSTEM LOCATION:
IMS system servers are located in Charleston, WV; and access is
through the Internet. The servers are maintained by HUD Information
Technology Services (HITS) contractor, and HUD's information technology
partners: Electronic Data Services (EDS) and Lockheed Martin.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
Families receiving rental housing assistance via programs
administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, State
Agencies, PHAs.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Categories of records in the system: Records consist of automated
building and unit inventory details, family composition details,
income, and rent data obtained from PHAs. More specifically, the system
of records contains: Identification information such as names and
social security numbers for individuals 6 years and older; alien
registration information; address and tenant unit numbers; financial
data such as income, adjustments to income, tenant family composition
characteristics such as family size, sex of family members, information
about the family that would qualify them for certain adjustments or for
admission to a project limited to a special population (e.g., elderly,
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handicapped, or disabled); relationships of members of the household to
the head of household (e.g., spouse, child); preferences applicable to
the family at admission; income status at admission; race and ethnicity
of household members; unit characteristics such as number of bedrooms;
geographic data obtained by the PHA.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
The U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1437
et seq;
The Housing Community Development Act of 1981, Public Law
97-35, 85 stat., 348,408 requires applicants and residents to provide
the information collected; and
The Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, 42
U.S.C. 3543, requires applicants and residents to provide the SSN(s) of
household members at least six (6) years old.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1962 (42 U.S.C.
2000d), and by the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601-19).
PURPOSE:
An applicant for public housing completes or a PHA representative
assists in filling out an application that determines an applicant's
eligibility for public housing assistance. The following information
assists in the eligibility determination: (1) Names of all persons who
will be living in the unit, their sex, race, date of birth, and
relationship to the family head; (2) Present address and telephone
number; (3) Family characteristics (e.g., veteran) or circumstances
(e.g., living in substandard housing) that might qualify the family for
tenant selection preferences) or disability; (4) Names and addresses of
current and previous landlords for information concerning the family's
suitability as a tenant; (5) An estimate of the family's anticipated
income for the next twelve months and the sources of that income; (6)
The names and addresses of employers, banks, and any other information
the PHA would need to verify income and deductions, and to verify the
family composition. A housing official may visit the present home to
interview the applicant and applicant's family members to see how the
present home is managed and maintained.
IMS also allows PHAs to electronically submit information to HUD
that is related to the administration of HUD's Public and Indian
Housing programs. It collects data for PIH operations, including data
submitted via the Internet from HUD's field offices and HUD's business
partners, and accurately tracks activities and processes. IMS also
helps to increase sharing of information throughout the Office of
Public and Indian Housing, which improves staff awareness of activities
related to the administration of HUD-subsidized housing programs. IMS
is a flexible, scaleable, Internet-based integrated system, which
enables PHA users and HUD personnel to access a common database of PHA
information via their web browser. IMS aids HUD and entities that
administer HUD's assisted housing programs in: (a) Increasing the
effective distribution of rental assistance to individuals that meet
the requirements of Federal rental assistance programs; (b) Detecting
abuses in assisted housing programs; (c) Taking administrative or legal
actions to resolve past abuses of assisted housing programs; (d)
Deterring abuses by verifying the employment and income of applicants
and tenants at the time of occupancy and at re-certification via the
PIH-REAC Enterprise Income Verification (EIV); (e) evaluating the
effectiveness of income discrepancy resolution actions taken by PHAs
for HUD's rental assistance programs; (f) Evaluating program
effectiveness; (g) Improving the reporting rate; (h) Forecasting
budgets; (i) Controlling funds; and (j) Updating building and unit
data. The Public and Indian Housing's IMSystem serves as a repository
for automated information used when comparing family income data
reported, by recipients of Federal rental assistance, to income data
received from external sources.
Records in IMS are subject to use in authorized and approved computer
matching programs regulated under the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including Categories
of Users and purposes of such uses:
In addition to the uses cited in the section of this document
titled ``Purposes'', other routine uses may include:
1. To federal, state, and local agencies (e.g., state agencies
administering the state's unemployment compensation laws, state welfare
and food stamp agencies, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, U.S.
Social Security Administration, and the Office of Child Support
Enforcement Center's National Directory of New Hires database to verify
the accuracy and completeness of the data provided, to verify
eligibility or continued eligibility in HUD's rental assistance
programs, and to aid in the identification of tenant errors, fraud, and
abuse in assisted housing programs through HUD's tenant income computer
matching program;
2. To individuals under contract to HUD or under contract to
another agency with funds provided by HUD for the preparation of
studies and statistical reports directly related to the management of
HUD's rental assistance programs, to support quality control for tenant
eligibility efforts requiring a random sampling of tenant files to
determine the extent of administrative errors in making rent
calculations, eligibility determinations, etc., and for processing
certifications/re-certifications;
3. To Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to verify the accuracy and
completeness of tenant data used in determining eligibility and
continued eligibility and the amount of housing assistance received and
to complete and submit Occupancy report, SEMAP certification, PHA
contact information, and upload Form 50058. Any information shared back
to the PHAs will pertain only to that PHA's operations, no other PHA's
operations;
4. To private owners of assisted housing to verify the accuracy and
completeness of applicant and tenant data used in determining
eligibility and continued eligibility and the amount of housing
assistance received;
5. To PHAs, owners and management agents, and contract
administrators to identify and resolve discrepancies in tenant data;
6. To the Social Security Administration and Immigration and
Naturalization Service to verify alien status and continued eligibility
in HUD's rental assistance programs; and
7. To researchers affiliated with academic institutions, with not-
for-profit organizations, or with federal, state or local governments,
or to policy researchers without individual identifiers (name, address,
social security number) for the performance of research and statistical
activities on housing and community development issues
Below are other routine uses of records maintained in the system and
the purposes of such uses:
1. PHA complete and submit Occupancy report, SEMAP certification,
PHA contact information, upload Form 50058.
2. Field Offices review SEMAP certifications, review, and approve
or reject occupancy reports, resolve Form 50058 errors.
3. Web Access SubSystem (WASS) authenticates user name and password
before user can access Public Indian Housing (PIH)-IMS.
4. Line of Credit Control System/Program Accounting System (LOCCS/
PAS) feeds funding data such as grant details to the public housing
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5. PHA scoring data produced by Integrated Asset Subsystem (NASS)
provides the data to PIH-IMS.
6. HUD Central Accounting and (HUDCAPS) data mart provides
financial management info to PIH, Housing Inventory, Management
reports, and Module 50058.
7. Voucher management System serves as the source of leased units
for voucher funded assistance to PIH-IMS.
8. PIH-IMS provides Form 50058 data on a monthly basis for the
Enterprise Income Verification system (EIV) for the purpose of computer
matching.
9. PIH-IMS also shares census tract data with the Geo coding
Service Center system.
10. PIH-IMS provides information for performance reporting and data
that assists in the budget formulation for the Capital Fund.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining,
and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Records are stored manually in family case files in the PHAs and
electronically in office automation equipment. Records are stored on
HUD computer servers for field office and public housing agencies'
access via the Internet to: (1) Obtain social security and supplemental
security income data that are not subject to provisions of 26 U.S.C.
6103; and (2) update actions taken in resolving income discrepancies.
Software in IMS precludes the transfer of any data subject to 26 U.S.C.
6103 to unencrypted media. All of the IMS data is store on HUD's
Servers. The disk and backup files are maintained by HUD's information
technology partners--Electronic Data Services (EDS) and Lockheed
Martin. The original (hard copy) files are stored in the originating
PHA.
Irretrievability:
Records are retrieved by an individual's SSN.
Safeguards:
These are the measures used to protect the records from
unauthorized access or disclosure:
1. The REAC-IT Web Access Secure SubSystem (WASS) provides audit
logging for all system access via WASS's authentication of all users.
Audit logging in WASS includes a keystroke logger which covers every
keystroke of any user with in WASS.
2. WASS provides authentication methods that meet NIST
requirements. Every user has a WASS ID and is authenticated via WASS.
3. The IMS System maintains record of each user's logons, logoffs,
and logoff exceptions if any.
4. For each user, IMS system logs the number requests for web pages
containing privacy data. The number of page view requests are tracked
per page per session. The first and last timestamp of access for every
privacy page is also recorded per session.
5. IMS system archives the user privileges data when a user is
removed from the system or when the unmasked privacy data viewing
privileges are modified.
6. Hard copy records are stored in lock file cabinets in rooms to
which access is limited to those personnel who service the records.
7. Background screening, limited authorization and access with
access limited to authorize personnel.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Electronic records are maintained and destroyed according to the
HUD Records Disposition Schedule 2225.6. Records are maintained for a
period of three years.
SYSTEM MANAGERS(s) AND ADDRESSES:
Gary Faeth, Acting IT Division Director for Public and Indian
Housing Information Management, Potomac Center, 550 Twelfth Street,
SW., First Floor, Washington, DC 20410, Telephone Number, (202) 475-
8730 or Hitesh Doshi, IMS Information Technology Manager, Potomac
Center, 550 Twelfth Street, First Floor, SW., Washington, DC 20410,
Telephone Number, (202) 475-8940.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
For information, assistance, or inquiry about the existence of
records, contact the Privacy Act Officer at the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC. Written
requests must include the full name, Social Security Number, date of
birth, current address, and telephone number of the individual making
the request.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
Procedures for the amendment or correction of records and for
applicants wanting to appeal initial agency determination appear in 24
CFR part 16. If additional information is needed, contact:
(i) In relation to contesting contents of records, the Departmental
Privacy Act Officer at HUD, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 2256,
Washington, DC 20410; and
(ii) In relation to appeals of initial denials, HUD, Departmental
Privacy Appeals Officer, Office of General Counsel, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20410.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
IMS receives data from field office staff, federal government
agencies, state and local agencies, private data sources, owners and
management agencies. Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) routinely collect
personal and income data from participants in and applicants for HUD's
public and assisted housing programs. The data collected by PHAs is
entered into IMS via the system itself by VPN, via PHA-owned software,
or via HUD's Family Reporting software (FRS)
EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:
None.
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