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(2) The handling and safeguarding of
personally identifiable information;
(3) The authorized and official use of
a Government system of records;
(4) Restrictions on the use of
personally-owned equipment to process,
access, or store personally identifiable
information;
(5) The prohibition against access by
unauthorized users, and unauthorized
use by authorized users, of personally
identifiable information or systems of
records on behalf of the Federal
Government;
(6) Breach notification procedures
(i.e., procedures for notifying
appropriate individuals when privacy
information is lost, stolen, or
compromised) to minimize risk and to
ensure prompt and appropriate actions
are taken should a breach occur; and
(7) Any agency-specific privacy
training requirements.
(d) The contractor is responsible for
ensuring that employees identified in
paragraph (a) of this section complete
the required training and maintain
evidence of appropriate training
completed. The contractor is required,
upon request, to provide evidence of
completion of privacy training for all
applicable employees.
(e) Each contractor employee who
requires access to a Government system
of records, handles personally
identifiable information, or designs,
develops, maintains, or operates a
Government system of records, shall be
granted or allowed to retain such access
only if the individual—
(1) Has completed agency-mandated
privacy training that, at a minimum,
addresses the elements in paragraph (c)
of this section; and
(2) Has met all other applicable
agency requirements.
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§ 24.302
Contract clause.
(a) When contractor employees will
have access to a Government system of
records, handle personally identifiable
information, or design, develop,
maintain, or operate a system of records,
the contracting officer shall insert the
clause at FAR 52.224–XX, Privacy
Training, in solicitations and contracts.
(b) When the contracting officer elects
to have the contractor provide its own
privacy training materials, use Alternate
I in lieu of paragraph (a) of the basic
clause.
(c) When an agency elects to provide
privacy training to contractor
employees, use Alternate II in lieu of
paragraph (a) of the basic clause.
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PART 52—SOLICITATION PROVISIONS
AND CONTRACT CLAUSES
3. Add section 52.224–XX to read as
follows:
52.224–XX
Privacy Training.
As prescribed in 24.302(a), insert the
following clause:
Privacy Training (Date)
(a) The Contractor shall conduct initial
privacy training, and annual privacy training
thereafter, using the Government-provided
privacy training materials, for employees
who—
(1) Require access to a Government system
of records;
(2) Handle personally identifiable
information; or
(3) Design, develop, maintain, or operate a
system of records on behalf of the Federal
Government (see also FAR subpart 24.1 and
39.105).
(b) The Contractor shall ensure that its
employees, as identified in paragraph (a) of
this clause, complete the required training in
a timely manner. In addition, the Contractor
shall maintain privacy training records, and,
upon request, shall provide to the
Contracting Officer evidence of privacy
training completed for applicable employees.
(c) The Contractor shall not grant any
employee access to a Government system of
records or personally identifiable information
until the employee has completed privacy
training, as required by this clause, and has
met all other applicable agency requirements.
(d) The substance of this clause, including
this paragraph (d), shall be included in all
subcontracts under this contract, when
subcontractor employees will (1) have access
to a Government system of records, (2)
handle personally identifiable information,
or (3) design, develop, maintain, or operate
a system of records on behalf of the Federal
Government.
(End of clause)
Alternate I (Date). If the agency elects to
have the Contractor provide its own privacy
training materials, substitute the following
paragraph (a) for paragraph (a) of the basic
clause:
(a)(1) The Contractor shall conduct initial
privacy training, and annual privacy training
thereafter, using its own privacy training
materials, for employees who—
(i) Require access to a Government system
of records;
(ii) Handle personally identifiable
information; or
(iii) Design, develop, maintain or operate a
system of records on behalf of the Federal
Government (see also FAR subpart 24.1 and
39.105).
(2) The privacy-training materials shall, at
a minimum, address—
(i) The protection of privacy, in accordance
with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a);
(ii) The handling and safeguarding of
personally identifiable information;
(iii) The authorized and official use of a
Government system of records;
(iv) Restrictions on the use of personallyowned equipment to process, access, or store
personally identifiable information;
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(v) The prohibition against access by
unauthorized users, and unauthorized use by
authorized users, of personally identifiable
information or a system of records on behalf
of the Federal Government;
(vi) Breach notification procedures (i.e.,
procedures for notifying appropriate
individuals when privacy information is lost,
stolen, or compromised); and
(vii) Any agency-specific privacy training
requirements specified by the Contracting
Officer.
Alternate II (Date). If the agency elects to
provide privacy training to contractor
employees, substitute the following
paragraph (a) for paragraph (a) of the basic
clause:
(a)(1) The Government shall provide initial
privacy training, and annual privacy training
thereafter, to contractor employees who—
(i) Require access to a Government system
of records;
(ii) Handle personally identifiable
information; or
(iii) Design, develop, maintain, or operate
a system of records on behalf of the Federal
Government (see also subpart 24.1 and
39.105).
(2) The Government will conduct privacy
training to Contractor employees in the same
format given its own employees (e.g., lecture,
computer-based training, Web-based training,
video conferencing, etc.).
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
49 CFR Part 236
[Docket No. FRA–2011–0028, Notice No. 2]
RIN 2130–AC27
Positive Train Control Systems
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public hearing and
extension of comment period.
AGENCY:
On August 24, 2011, FRA
published a notice of proposed
rulemaking that would remove
regulatory provisions requiring railroads
to either conduct further analyses or
meet certain risk-based criteria in order
to avoid positive train control (PTC)
system implementation on track
segments that do not transport poisonor toxic-by-inhalation (PIH) hazardous
materials traffic and are not used for
intercity or commuter rail passenger
transportation as of December 31, 2015.
FRA is announcing a public hearing to
provide interested persons an
opportunity to provide comments on the
proposal and to discuss further
development of the regulation. The Rail
SUMMARY:
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Safety Improvement Act of 2008
requires the implementation of PTC
systems. FRA is also extending the
comment period for this proceeding to
allow time for interested parties to
submit comments after the public
hearing.
DATES: A public hearing will be held on
November 10, 2011, in Washington, DC
and will commence at 9 a.m. The
comment period in this proceeding is
extended to November 25, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Public Hearing. The public
hearing will be held at the Washington
Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW.,
Washington, DC 20005.
Attendance: Any persons wishing to
make a statement at the hearing should
notify Michelle Silva in FRA’s Office of
Chief Counsel by telephone, e-mail, or
in writing, at least five business days
before the date of the hearing. Ms.
Silva’s contact information is as follows:
FRA, Office of Chief Counsel, Mail Stop
10, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 202–
493–6030; e-mail:
michelle.silva@dot.gov. For information
on facilities or services for persons with
disabilities or to request special
assistance at the meeting, please contact
by telephone or e-mail as soon as
possible, Larry Woolverton at 202–493–
6212 or larry.woolverton@dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas McFarlin, Office of Safety
Assurance and Compliance, Staff
Director, Signal & Train Control
Division, Federal Railroad
Administration, Mail Stop 25, West
Building 3rd Floor West, Room W35–
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332, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 202–
493–6203); or Jason Schlosberg, Trial
Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, RCC–
10, Mail Stop 10, West Building 3rd
Floor, Room W31–207, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590
(telephone: 202–493–6032).
The
purpose of the hearing is to receive oral
comments in response to a notice of
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing
amendment of the regulations requiring
certain railroads to implement PTC
systems. See 76 FR 52918 (Aug. 24,
2011). Interested parties are invited to
present oral statements and to proffer
information and views at the hearing.
The hearing will be informal and will be
conducted by a representative
designated by FRA in accordance with
FRA’s Rules of Practice (49 CFR 211.25).
The hearing will be a non-adversarial
proceeding; therefore, there will be no
cross examination of persons presenting
statements or proffering evidence. An
FRA representative will make an
opening statement outlining the scope
of the hearing. After all initial
statements have been completed; those
persons wishing to make a brief rebuttal
will be given the opportunity to do so
in the same order in which the initial
statements were made. Additional
procedures, as necessary for the conduct
of the hearing, will be announced at the
hearing. A transcript of the discussions
will be made part of the public docket
in this proceeding.
Public Participation Procedures. Any
person wishing to participate in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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public hearing should notify FRA by
mail or at the address or fax number
provided in the Attendance section of
this notice at least five working days
prior to the date of the hearing and
submit three copies of the oral statement
that he or she intends to make at the
proceeding. The notification should
identify the party the person represents,
the particular subject(s) the person
plans to address, and the time
requested. The notification should also
provide the Docket Clerk with the
participant’s mailing address and other
contact information. FRA reserves the
right to limit participation in the
hearing of persons who fail to provide
such notification. FRA reserves the right
to limit the duration of presentations if
necessary to afford all persons with the
opportunity to speak.
Extension of Comment Period. A
public hearing has been scheduled after
the close of the comment period
specifically provided for in the notice of
proposed rulemaking. To accommodate
the public hearing and to afford
interested parties the opportunity to
submit comments in response to views
or information provided at the public
hearing, FRA is extending the comment
period in this proceeding to November
25, 2011.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 11,
2011.
Jo Strang,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety/
Chief Safety Officer, Federal Railroad
Administration.
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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 199 (Friday, October 14, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63899-63900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26594]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
49 CFR Part 236
[Docket No. FRA-2011-0028, Notice No. 2]
RIN 2130-AC27
Positive Train Control Systems
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public hearing and extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On August 24, 2011, FRA published a notice of proposed
rulemaking that would remove regulatory provisions requiring railroads
to either conduct further analyses or meet certain risk-based criteria
in order to avoid positive train control (PTC) system implementation on
track segments that do not transport poison- or toxic-by-inhalation
(PIH) hazardous materials traffic and are not used for intercity or
commuter rail passenger transportation as of December 31, 2015. FRA is
announcing a public hearing to provide interested persons an
opportunity to provide comments on the proposal and to discuss further
development of the regulation. The Rail
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Safety Improvement Act of 2008 requires the implementation of PTC
systems. FRA is also extending the comment period for this proceeding
to allow time for interested parties to submit comments after the
public hearing.
DATES: A public hearing will be held on November 10, 2011, in
Washington, DC and will commence at 9 a.m. The comment period in this
proceeding is extended to November 25, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Public Hearing. The public hearing will be held at the
Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
Attendance: Any persons wishing to make a statement at the hearing
should notify Michelle Silva in FRA's Office of Chief Counsel by
telephone, e-mail, or in writing, at least five business days before
the date of the hearing. Ms. Silva's contact information is as follows:
FRA, Office of Chief Counsel, Mail Stop 10, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 202-493-6030; e-mail:
michelle.silva@dot.gov. For information on facilities or services for
persons with disabilities or to request special assistance at the
meeting, please contact by telephone or e-mail as soon as possible,
Larry Woolverton at 202-493-6212 or larry.woolverton@dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas McFarlin, Office of Safety
Assurance and Compliance, Staff Director, Signal & Train Control
Division, Federal Railroad Administration, Mail Stop 25, West Building
3rd Floor West, Room W35-332, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590 (telephone: 202-493-6203); or Jason Schlosberg, Trial
Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, RCC-10, Mail Stop 10, West Building
3rd Floor, Room W31-207, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC
20590 (telephone: 202-493-6032).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the hearing is to receive
oral comments in response to a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
proposing amendment of the regulations requiring certain railroads to
implement PTC systems. See 76 FR 52918 (Aug. 24, 2011). Interested
parties are invited to present oral statements and to proffer
information and views at the hearing. The hearing will be informal and
will be conducted by a representative designated by FRA in accordance
with FRA's Rules of Practice (49 CFR 211.25). The hearing will be a
non-adversarial proceeding; therefore, there will be no cross
examination of persons presenting statements or proffering evidence. An
FRA representative will make an opening statement outlining the scope
of the hearing. After all initial statements have been completed; those
persons wishing to make a brief rebuttal will be given the opportunity
to do so in the same order in which the initial statements were made.
Additional procedures, as necessary for the conduct of the hearing,
will be announced at the hearing. A transcript of the discussions will
be made part of the public docket in this proceeding.
Public Participation Procedures. Any person wishing to participate
in the public hearing should notify FRA by mail or at the address or
fax number provided in the Attendance section of this notice at least
five working days prior to the date of the hearing and submit three
copies of the oral statement that he or she intends to make at the
proceeding. The notification should identify the party the person
represents, the particular subject(s) the person plans to address, and
the time requested. The notification should also provide the Docket
Clerk with the participant's mailing address and other contact
information. FRA reserves the right to limit participation in the
hearing of persons who fail to provide such notification. FRA reserves
the right to limit the duration of presentations if necessary to afford
all persons with the opportunity to speak.
Extension of Comment Period. A public hearing has been scheduled
after the close of the comment period specifically provided for in the
notice of proposed rulemaking. To accommodate the public hearing and to
afford interested parties the opportunity to submit comments in
response to views or information provided at the public hearing, FRA is
extending the comment period in this proceeding to November 25, 2011.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2011.
Jo Strang,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety/Chief Safety Officer,
Federal Railroad Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-26594 Filed 10-13-11; 8:45 am]
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