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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended;
Notice of a New System of Records
U.S. Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of creation of a new
system of records.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of
the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5
U.S.C. 552a), the Department of the
Interior (DOI) is issuing a public notice
of its intent to create the U.S. Geological
Survey ‘‘Earthquake Hazards Program
Earthquake Information’’ system of
records. The system includes
individuals’ e-mail addresses, and in
some cases their name and address, for
Program staff to reply to inquiries from
those individuals for dissemination of
requested earthquake-related
information in real time, and for
creating Web-accessible maps of
earthquake-shaking by Zip code in real
time.
DATES: Comments must be received by
August 24, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Any person interested in
commenting on this new notice may do
so by: Submitting comments in writing
to USGS Privacy Act Officer, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, MS807, Reston,
Virginia 20192; hand-delivering
comments to 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192; or
e-mailing comments to
dkimball@usgs.gov. Before including
your address, phone number, e-mail
address, or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S.
Geological Survey Privacy Act Officer,
Deborah Kimball, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192 by e-mail
to dkimball@usgs.gov, or by phone at
(703) 648–7158.
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U.S.
Geological Survey maintains the
Earthquake Hazards Program
Earthquake Information system of
records. The purpose of this system is
to make earthquake information
available to members of the public who
request to participate in exchanges of
earthquake information by e-mail
notification, Web site publications, and
real-time data pushes/pulls to clients.
The new system will be effective as
proposed at the end of the comment
period (the comment period will end 40
days after the publication of this notice
in the Federal Register), unless
comments are received which would
require a contrary determination. DOI
will publish a revised notice if changes
are made based upon a review of the
comments received.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Deborah Kimball,
USGS Privacy Act Officer.
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SYSTEM NAME:
‘‘Earthquake Hazards Program
Earthquake Information’’, USGS–2.
SYSTEM LOCATION(S):
USGS Geologic Hazards Team, 1711
Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401.
Denver Federal Center, Building 53,
Lakewood, CO 80225.
USGS Earthquake Hazards Team, 345
Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025.
USGS Pasadena Field Office, 525 S.
Wilson Ave., Pasadena, CA 91106.
EROS Data Center, 47914 252nd St.,
Sioux Falls, SD 57198.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
(1) Individuals who have requested
information from the Earthquake
Hazards Program (EHP) or have reported
a Web site problem to the EHP Web
Team. (2) Individuals who have signed
up to receive e-mail announcements
from various projects within the EHP.
(3) Individuals who have subscribed to
the Earthquake Notification Service. (4)
Individuals who have entered data in
the citizen science system(s).
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
The information retained in the
system contains the following
information from the individuals
covered by the system: e-mail address,
in some cases login id, login password,
username, and non-mandatory data that
may include the name, affiliation,
phone number, and postal address.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
This system of records is maintained
under the authority of NEHRP (National
Earthquake Hazards Reduction
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Program), established by Congress in
1977 (Pub. L. 95–124) and the Advanced
National Seismic System (Pub. L. 106–
503 and Pub. L. 108–360).
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
The primary purposes of the records
is: To make earthquake information
available to members of the public who
request to participate in exchanges of
earthquake information by e-mail
notification, Web site publications, and
real-time data pushes/pulls to clients.
DISCLOSURES OUTSIDE DOI MAY BE MADE
WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO
WHOM THE RECORD PERTAINS UNDER THE
ROUTINE USES LISTED BELOW:
(1)(a) To any of the following entities
or individuals, when the circumstances
set forth in paragraph (b) are met:
(i) The U.S. Department of Justice
(DOJ);
(ii) A court or an adjudicative or other
administrative body;
(iii) A part in litigation before a court
or an adjudicative or other
administrative body; or
(iv) Any DOI employee acting in his
or her individual capacity if DOI or DOJ
has agreed to represent that employee or
pay for private representation of the
employee;
(b) When:
(i) One of the following is a party to
the proceeding or has an interest in the
proceeding:
(A) DOI or any component of DOI;
(B) Any other Federal agency
appearing before the Office of Hearings
and Appeals;
(C) Any DOI employee acting in his or
her official capacity;
(D) Any DOI employee acting in his
or her individual capacity if DOI or DOJ
has agreed to represent that employee or
pay for private representation of the
employee;
(E) The United States, when DOJ
determines that DOI is likely to be
affected by the proceeding; and
(ii) DOI deems the disclosure to be:
(A) Relevant and necessary to the
proceeding; and
(B) Compatible with the purpose for
which the records were compiled.
(2) To a congressional office in
response to a written inquiry that an
individual covered by the system, or the
heir of such individual if the covered
individual is deceased, has made to the
office.
(3) To any criminal, civil, or
regulatory law enforcement authority
(whether Federal, State, territorial, local,
Tribal or foreign) when a record, either
alone or in conjunction with other
information, indicates a violation or
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potential violation of law—criminal,
civil, or regulatory in nature, and the
disclosure is compatible with the
purpose for which the records were
compiled.
(4) To an official of another Federal
agency to provide information needed
in the performance of official duties
related to reconciling or reconstructing
data files or to enable that agency to
respond to an inquiry by the individual
to whom the record pertains.
(5) To Federal, State, territorial, local,
Tribal, or foreign agencies that have
requested information relevant or
necessary to the hiring, firing or
retention of an employee or contractor,
or the issuance of a security clearance,
license, contract, grant or other benefit,
when the disclosure is compatible with
the purpose for which the records were
compiled.
(6) To representatives of the National
Archives and Records Administration to
conduct records management
inspections under the authority of 44
U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.
(7) To State and local governments
and Tribal organizations to provide
information needed in response to court
order and/or discovery purposes related
to litigation, when the disclosure is
compatible with the purpose for which
the records were compiled.
(8) To an expert, consultant, or
contractor (including employees of the
contractor) of DOI that performs services
requiring access to these records on
DOI’s behalf to carry out the purposes
of the system.
(9) To appropriate agencies, entities,
and persons when:
(a) It is suspected or confirmed that
the security or confidentiality of
information in the system of records has
been compromised; and
(b) The Department has determined
that as a result of the suspected or
confirmed compromise there is a risk of
harm to economic or property interest,
identity theft or fraud, or harm to the
security or integrity of this system or
other systems or programs (whether
maintained by the Department or
another agency or entity) that rely upon
the compromised information; and
(c) The disclosure is made to such
agencies, entities and persons who are
reasonably necessary to assist in
connection with the Department’s
efforts to respond to the suspected or
confirmed compromise and prevent,
minimize, or remedy such harm.
(10) To the Office of Management and
Budget during the coordination and
clearance process in connection with
legislative affairs as mandated by OMB
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(11) To the Department of the
Treasury to recover debts owed to the
United States.
(12) To the news media when the
disclosure is compatible with the
purpose for which the records were
compiled.
(13) To a consumer reporting agency
if the disclosure requirements of the
Debt Collection Act, as outlined at 31
U.S.C. 3711(e)(1), have been met.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
All records are maintained in a
relational MySQL database stored on
hard disk on each of the Web servers in
Golden, CO; Denver, CO; Menlo Park,
CA; Pasadena, CA; Sioux Falls, SD, and
backed up on magnetic tape. Electronic
requests sent to the ‘‘Web Team’’ e-mail
contact designated in the footer of every
Web page on the Earthquake Hazards
Program Web site, which contains the
return e-mail address of the inquirer, are
deleted as soon as a response to the
inquiry is sent to the inquirer.
RETRIEVABILITY:
All data in the database can be
accessed by the database administrators
by any mandatory field, which includes
e-mail address or account name.
SAFEGUARDS:
(1) Physical Security: The systems are
physically housed in Government
offices consisting of locked rooms with
floor to ceiling walls. Access is granted
through a proximity card system.
Backup tapes are stored at the Denver
Federal Center in Building 25 in Room
1860, with access granted through a
proximity card system, and in Menlo
Park Building 11 and 3, with access
granted through a proximity card
system.
(2) Technical Security: Electronic
records are maintained in conformity
with Office of Management and Budget,
National Institute of Standards
Technology and Departmental
requirements reflecting the
implementation of the Federal
Information Security Management Act.
Electronic data is protected through user
identification, passwords, database
permissions, a Privacy Act Warning,
and software controls. These security
measures establish different degrees of
access for different types of users. The
security controls protecting these
databases are implemented in a
hierarchical manner. The top layer is
the Department of the Interior’s
Enterprise Services Network (ESN)
security infrastructure which includes
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firewalls maintained in accordance with
Department of Interior standards,
Active-Scout Intrusion Detection, and a
Juniper Intrusion Detection and
Prevention (IDP) system. Additional
security methods are implemented at
each site: Firewalls, SSH, TCPwrappers,
and Microsoft Active Directory. In
addition to the layers of security
described above, database access is
controlled by restricted access to
https://usgs.gov domains and by IP
address, system user authentication,
database access (table and row level) via
grants, and specific database-table
access by user account restrictions.
Privacy information sent via the Internet
is encrypted by SSL. The Security Plan
addresses the Department’s Privacy Act
safeguard requirements for Privacy Act
systems at 43 CFR 2.51. A Privacy
Impact Assessment was completed to
ensure that Privacy Act requirements
and safeguards are sufficient and in
place. Its provisions will be updated as
needed to ensure that Privacy Act
requirements continue to be met.
(3) Administrative Security: Access is
strictly limited to authorized personnel
whose official duties require such
access. All Departmental and contractor
employees with access to the records are
required to complete Privacy Act,
Federal Records Act, and Information
Technology Security Awareness training
prior to being given access to the
system, and on an annual basis,
thereafter. All users sign security forms
stating they will neither misuse
government computers nor the
information contained therein. In
addition, managers and supervisors of
users monitor the use of the database
and ensure that the information is used
in accordance with certified and
accredited business practices.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
The records in the system are retained
and disposed of in accordance with
National Archives and Records
Administration procedures and General
Records Schedule 308–01 and 310–01.
SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:
ANSS Manager, USGS-GD–GHT, DFC
P.O. Box 25046 MS–966, Denver, CO
80225.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
An individual requesting notification
of the existence of records on himself or
herself should send a signed, written
inquiry to the Systems Manager
identified above. The request envelope
and letter should both be clearly marked
‘‘PRIVACY ACT INQUIRY.’’ A request
for notification must meet the
requirements of 43 CFR 2.60.
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RECORDS ACCESS PROCEDURES:
If a protest
of this dependent resurvey is received
prior to the date of the official filing, the
official filing will be stayed pending
consideration of the merits of the
protest. Pursuant to the United States
Department of the Interior, Office of
Hearings and Appeals, Interior Board of
Land Appeals order dated June 15,
2009, concerning IBLA 2009–112 and
2009–113, McCollum Family Limited
Partnership Number One, L.L.L.P. et al.,
the BLM, Colorado State Office’s
December 31, 2008 (74 FR 2090), the
official filing of the dependent resurvey
of the east boundary and a portion of the
subdivisional lines in Township 42
North, Range 13 West, New Mexico
Principal Meridian, Colorado, is set
aside.
This particular plat will not be
officially filed until after all protests
have been accepted or dismissed and
become final.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
An individual requesting records on
himself or herself should send a signed,
written inquiry to the System Manager
identified above. The request should
describe the records sought as
specifically as possible. The request
envelopes and letter should both be
clearly marked ‘‘PRIVACY ACT
REQUEST FOR ACCESS.’’ A request for
access must meet the requirements of 43
CFR 2.63.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
An individual requesting corrections
or the removal of material from his or
her records should send a signed,
written request to the System Manager
identified above. A request for
corrections or removal must meet the
requirements of 43 CFR 2.71.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Information in this system is obtained
from the individuals who access the
Earthquake Hazards Program Web site
and fill out one of the forms either to
provide information or to request
information.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:
Paul Lukacovic,
Acting, Chief Cadastral Surveyor for
Colorado.
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Government in the Sunshine Act
Meeting Notice
Bureau of Land Management
Notice of Stay of Filing of Plat
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AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Stay of Filing of Plat.
SUMMARY: On Wednesday, January 14,
2009, the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) published a Filing of Plats of
Survey notice in the Federal Register
(74 FR 2090). This notice provided the
public notification that the plat was
officially filed in the Colorado State
Office, effective 10 a.m., December 31,
2008. The BLM is publishing this notice
to inform the public of the setting aside
of the plat filing and to afford all
affected parties a proper period of time
to protest this action, prior to the plat
filing.
DATES: The filing of this plat is set aside
until August 28, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Colorado State Office (CO–
956), Bureau of Land Management, 2850
Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado
80215–7093.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Lukacovic, Acting Chief Cadastral
Surveyor for Colorado, (303) 239–3818.
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United
States International Trade Commission.
TIME AND DATE: July 15, 2009 at 11 a.m.
PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:
(202) 205–2000.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Agenda for future meetings: None.
2. Minutes.
3. Ratification List.
4. Inv. Nos. 701–TA–457 and 731–
TA–1153 (Final) (Certain Tow-Behind
Lawn Groomers and Parts Thereof from
China)—briefing and vote. (The
Commission is currently scheduled to
transmit its determinations and
Commissioners’ opinions to the
Secretary of Commerce on or before July
27, 2009.)
5. Outstanding action jackets: None.
In accordance with Commission
policy, subject matter listed above, not
disposed of at the scheduled meeting,
may be carried over to the agenda of the
following meeting. Earlier
announcement of this meeting was not
possible.
AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:
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Issued: July 9, 2009.
William R. Bishop,
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
United States Parole Commission
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Public Announcement Pursuant to the
Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub.
L. 94–409) [5 U.S.C. Section 552b]
AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Department of
Justice, United States Parole
Commission.
DATE AND TIME: 11 a.m., Thursday, July
16, 2009.
PLACE: U.S. Parole Commission, 5550
Friendship Boulevard, 4th Floor, Chevy
Chase, Maryland 20815.
STATUS: Closed.
MATTERS CONSIDERED: The following
matters will be considered during the
closed portion of the Commission’s
Business Meeting:
Petition for reconsideration involving
one original jurisdiction case pursuant
to 28 CFR 2.27.
Approval or disapproval of a hearing
examiner appointment.
AGENCY CONTACT: Thomas W.
Hutchison, Chief of Staff, United States
Parole Commission, (301) 492–5990.
Dated: July 7, 2009.
Rockne J. Chickinell,
General Counsel, U.S. Parole Commission.
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United States Parole Commission
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Public Announcement Pursuant to the
Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub.
L. 94–409) [5 U.S.C. Section 552b]
AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Department of
Justice, United States Parole
Commission.
TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, July
16, 2009.
PLACE: 5550 Friendship Blvd., Fourth
Floor, Chevy Chase, MD 20815.
STATUS: Open.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The
following matters have been placed on
the agenda for the open Parole
Commission meeting:
1. Approval of Minutes of May 14,
2009 Quarterly Business Meeting.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Notice of a New System of
Records
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of creation of a new system of records.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as
amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Department of the Interior (DOI) is
issuing a public notice of its intent to create the U.S. Geological
Survey ``Earthquake Hazards Program Earthquake Information'' system of
records. The system includes individuals' e-mail addresses, and in some
cases their name and address, for Program staff to reply to inquiries
from those individuals for dissemination of requested earthquake-
related information in real time, and for creating Web-accessible maps
of earthquake-shaking by Zip code in real time.
DATES: Comments must be received by August 24, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Any person interested in commenting on this new notice may
do so by: Submitting comments in writing to USGS Privacy Act Officer,
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS807, Reston, Virginia 20192; hand-
delivering comments to 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia
20192; or e-mailing comments to dkimball@usgs.gov. Before including
your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your
entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Geological Survey Privacy Act
Officer, Deborah Kimball, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia
20192 by e-mail to dkimball@usgs.gov, or by phone at (703) 648-7158.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S. Geological Survey maintains the
Earthquake Hazards Program Earthquake Information system of records.
The purpose of this system is to make earthquake information available
to members of the public who request to participate in exchanges of
earthquake information by e-mail notification, Web site publications,
and real-time data pushes/pulls to clients. The new system will be
effective as proposed at the end of the comment period (the comment
period will end 40 days after the publication of this notice in the
Federal Register), unless comments are received which would require a
contrary determination. DOI will publish a revised notice if changes
are made based upon a review of the comments received.
Deborah Kimball,
USGS Privacy Act Officer.
USGS-2
SYSTEM NAME:
``Earthquake Hazards Program Earthquake Information'', USGS-2.
SYSTEM LOCATION(S):
USGS Geologic Hazards Team, 1711 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401.
Denver Federal Center, Building 53, Lakewood, CO 80225.
USGS Earthquake Hazards Team, 345 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park, CA
94025.
USGS Pasadena Field Office, 525 S. Wilson Ave., Pasadena, CA 91106.
EROS Data Center, 47914 252nd St., Sioux Falls, SD 57198.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
(1) Individuals who have requested information from the Earthquake
Hazards Program (EHP) or have reported a Web site problem to the EHP
Web Team. (2) Individuals who have signed up to receive e-mail
announcements from various projects within the EHP. (3) Individuals who
have subscribed to the Earthquake Notification Service. (4) Individuals
who have entered data in the citizen science system(s).
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
The information retained in the system contains the following
information from the individuals covered by the system: e-mail address,
in some cases login id, login password, username, and non-mandatory
data that may include the name, affiliation, phone number, and postal
address.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
This system of records is maintained under the authority of NEHRP
(National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program), established by
Congress in 1977 (Pub. L. 95-124) and the Advanced National Seismic
System (Pub. L. 106-503 and Pub. L. 108-360).
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
The primary purposes of the records is: To make earthquake
information available to members of the public who request to
participate in exchanges of earthquake information by e-mail
notification, Web site publications, and real-time data pushes/pulls to
clients.
DISCLOSURES OUTSIDE DOI MAY BE MADE WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE
INDIVIDUAL TO WHOM THE RECORD PERTAINS UNDER THE ROUTINE USES LISTED
BELOW:
(1)(a) To any of the following entities or individuals, when the
circumstances set forth in paragraph (b) are met:
(i) The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ);
(ii) A court or an adjudicative or other administrative body;
(iii) A part in litigation before a court or an adjudicative or
other administrative body; or
(iv) Any DOI employee acting in his or her individual capacity if
DOI or DOJ has agreed to represent that employee or pay for private
representation of the employee;
(b) When:
(i) One of the following is a party to the proceeding or has an
interest in the proceeding:
(A) DOI or any component of DOI;
(B) Any other Federal agency appearing before the Office of
Hearings and Appeals;
(C) Any DOI employee acting in his or her official capacity;
(D) Any DOI employee acting in his or her individual capacity if
DOI or DOJ has agreed to represent that employee or pay for private
representation of the employee;
(E) The United States, when DOJ determines that DOI is likely to be
affected by the proceeding; and
(ii) DOI deems the disclosure to be:
(A) Relevant and necessary to the proceeding; and
(B) Compatible with the purpose for which the records were
compiled.
(2) To a congressional office in response to a written inquiry that
an individual covered by the system, or the heir of such individual if
the covered individual is deceased, has made to the office.
(3) To any criminal, civil, or regulatory law enforcement authority
(whether Federal, State, territorial, local, Tribal or foreign) when a
record, either alone or in conjunction with other information,
indicates a violation or
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potential violation of law--criminal, civil, or regulatory in nature,
and the disclosure is compatible with the purpose for which the records
were compiled.
(4) To an official of another Federal agency to provide information
needed in the performance of official duties related to reconciling or
reconstructing data files or to enable that agency to respond to an
inquiry by the individual to whom the record pertains.
(5) To Federal, State, territorial, local, Tribal, or foreign
agencies that have requested information relevant or necessary to the
hiring, firing or retention of an employee or contractor, or the
issuance of a security clearance, license, contract, grant or other
benefit, when the disclosure is compatible with the purpose for which
the records were compiled.
(6) To representatives of the National Archives and Records
Administration to conduct records management inspections under the
authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.
(7) To State and local governments and Tribal organizations to
provide information needed in response to court order and/or discovery
purposes related to litigation, when the disclosure is compatible with
the purpose for which the records were compiled.
(8) To an expert, consultant, or contractor (including employees of
the contractor) of DOI that performs services requiring access to these
records on DOI's behalf to carry out the purposes of the system.
(9) To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when:
(a) It is suspected or confirmed that the security or
confidentiality of information in the system of records has been
compromised; and
(b) The Department has determined that as a result of the suspected
or confirmed compromise there is a risk of harm to economic or property
interest, identity theft or fraud, or harm to the security or integrity
of this system or other systems or programs (whether maintained by the
Department or another agency or entity) that rely upon the compromised
information; and
(c) The disclosure is made to such agencies, entities and persons
who are reasonably necessary to assist in connection with the
Department's efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed
compromise and prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm.
(10) To the Office of Management and Budget during the coordination
and clearance process in connection with legislative affairs as
mandated by OMB Circular A-19.
(11) To the Department of the Treasury to recover debts owed to the
United States.
(12) To the news media when the disclosure is compatible with the
purpose for which the records were compiled.
(13) To a consumer reporting agency if the disclosure requirements
of the Debt Collection Act, as outlined at 31 U.S.C. 3711(e)(1), have
been met.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING,
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
All records are maintained in a relational MySQL database stored on
hard disk on each of the Web servers in Golden, CO; Denver, CO; Menlo
Park, CA; Pasadena, CA; Sioux Falls, SD, and backed up on magnetic
tape. Electronic requests sent to the ``Web Team'' e-mail contact
designated in the footer of every Web page on the Earthquake Hazards
Program Web site, which contains the return e-mail address of the
inquirer, are deleted as soon as a response to the inquiry is sent to
the inquirer.
RETRIEVABILITY:
All data in the database can be accessed by the database
administrators by any mandatory field, which includes e-mail address or
account name.
SAFEGUARDS:
(1) Physical Security: The systems are physically housed in
Government offices consisting of locked rooms with floor to ceiling
walls. Access is granted through a proximity card system. Backup tapes
are stored at the Denver Federal Center in Building 25 in Room 1860,
with access granted through a proximity card system, and in Menlo Park
Building 11 and 3, with access granted through a proximity card system.
(2) Technical Security: Electronic records are maintained in
conformity with Office of Management and Budget, National Institute of
Standards Technology and Departmental requirements reflecting the
implementation of the Federal Information Security Management Act.
Electronic data is protected through user identification, passwords,
database permissions, a Privacy Act Warning, and software controls.
These security measures establish different degrees of access for
different types of users. The security controls protecting these
databases are implemented in a hierarchical manner. The top layer is
the Department of the Interior's Enterprise Services Network (ESN)
security infrastructure which includes firewalls maintained in
accordance with Department of Interior standards, Active-Scout
Intrusion Detection, and a Juniper Intrusion Detection and Prevention
(IDP) system. Additional security methods are implemented at each site:
Firewalls, SSH, TCPwrappers, and Microsoft Active Directory. In
addition to the layers of security described above, database access is
controlled by restricted access to https://usgs.gov domains and by IP
address, system user authentication, database access (table and row
level) via grants, and specific database-table access by user account
restrictions. Privacy information sent via the Internet is encrypted by
SSL. The Security Plan addresses the Department's Privacy Act safeguard
requirements for Privacy Act systems at 43 CFR 2.51. A Privacy Impact
Assessment was completed to ensure that Privacy Act requirements and
safeguards are sufficient and in place. Its provisions will be updated
as needed to ensure that Privacy Act requirements continue to be met.
(3) Administrative Security: Access is strictly limited to
authorized personnel whose official duties require such access. All
Departmental and contractor employees with access to the records are
required to complete Privacy Act, Federal Records Act, and Information
Technology Security Awareness training prior to being given access to
the system, and on an annual basis, thereafter. All users sign security
forms stating they will neither misuse government computers nor the
information contained therein. In addition, managers and supervisors of
users monitor the use of the database and ensure that the information
is used in accordance with certified and accredited business practices.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
The records in the system are retained and disposed of in
accordance with National Archives and Records Administration procedures
and General Records Schedule 308-01 and 310-01.
SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:
ANSS Manager, USGS-GD-GHT, DFC P.O. Box 25046 MS-966, Denver, CO
80225.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
An individual requesting notification of the existence of records
on himself or herself should send a signed, written inquiry to the
Systems Manager identified above. The request envelope and letter
should both be clearly marked ``PRIVACY ACT INQUIRY.'' A request for
notification must meet the requirements of 43 CFR 2.60.
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RECORDS ACCESS PROCEDURES:
An individual requesting records on himself or herself should send
a signed, written inquiry to the System Manager identified above. The
request should describe the records sought as specifically as possible.
The request envelopes and letter should both be clearly marked
``PRIVACY ACT REQUEST FOR ACCESS.'' A request for access must meet the
requirements of 43 CFR 2.63.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
An individual requesting corrections or the removal of material
from his or her records should send a signed, written request to the
System Manager identified above. A request for corrections or removal
must meet the requirements of 43 CFR 2.71.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Information in this system is obtained from the individuals who
access the Earthquake Hazards Program Web site and fill out one of the
forms either to provide information or to request information.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
[FR Doc. E9-16595 Filed 7-13-09; 8:45 am]
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