Privacy Act of 1974; Notification To Delete and Create a New System of Records, “HUD/FHA Lender Approval Files” to New Lender Electronic Assessment Portal, 71067-71069 [2011-29522]
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Comment Due Date: November
23, 2011. Comments may be submitted
to EJStrategy@hud.gov.
DATES:
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. (FR–5478–N–06)]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathryn Dykgraaf Office of Sustainable
Housing and Communities, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW., Room, Washington,
DC 20410; telephone number (202) 402–
6731 (this is not a toll-free number).
Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
I. Background
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By notice published in the Federal
Register on October 7, 2011 (76 FR
62434), HUD released for review and
public comment its draft Environmental
Justice Strategy (EJ Strategy). HUD’s EJ
Strategy is a four-year plan to address
environmental justice concerns and
increase access to environmental
benefits through HUD policies,
programs, and activities. HUD’s EJ
strategy can be found at https://
portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/
program_offices/sustainable_housing_
communities/HUD_Draft_
Environmental_Justice_Strategy. As
HUD noted in the October 7, 2011,
notice, the release of the draft is the
latest step in a larger Administrationwide effort to ensure strong protection
from environmental and health hazards
for all Americans. The October 7, 2011,
notice provided for the submission of
public comments through November 14,
2011.
Through this notice HUD extends the
public comment period to November 23,
2011. Comments can be submitted by
emailing EJStrategy@hud.gov.
HUD will review the comments
submitted, and is targeting finalization
of the strategy by February 2012. After
the strategy is issued in final, HUD and
its Federal partners will continue to
engage stakeholders through outreach,
education and stakeholder events and
respond to public comments through
annual implementation reports.
Dated: November 7, 2011.
Mariia Zimmerman,
Deputy Director for Sustainable Communities.
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Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notification to Delete and Create
a New System of Records.
AGENCY:
HUD is providing public
notice that it proposes to design a new
system, the Lender Electronic
Assessment Portal (LEAP), and revise
and delete information published in the
Federal Register (FR) about one of its
existing Privacy Act system of records.
The creation of the new system is to
facilitate migration and streamline
efforts for record collection activities
under the Federal Housing
Administration (FHA) lender approval
and recertification process. The new
system LEAP will take full custody over
the records currently maintained by
HUD’s Lender Approval Files System of
Records Notice (SORN) and will fully
automate the manual records process for
these records. The HUD/FHA Lender
Approval Files SORN contains
information pertaining to individuals
who are principals or officers of
financial institutions seeking approval
or approved to originate, service, or
hold FHA single family or multifamily
insured mortgages, or Title I and Title
II insured loans. Fully automating and
streamlining HUD’s lender approval and
recertification process enables HUD’s
Office of FHA to efficiently perform the
workflow operation and the assessments
required to ascertain a financial
institution’s eligibility and/or
qualification to participating under a
FHA-insured mortgage, or Title I and
Title II insured loans. Subsequent
changes that have occurred for the
previously published notice involve:
Changes to the Categories of Individuals
Covered by the System, Categories of
Records in the System, Purposes of the
System, and Routine Uses of Records
Maintained in the System, Including
Categories of Users and Purposes of
Such Users. This notice serves to
update, replace and delete the prior
SORN reference published in the
Federal Register on August 22, 1999 for
HUD/FHA Lender Approval Files.
DATES: Effective Date: This proposal
shall become effective, without further
notice, December 16, 2011, unless
comments are received during or before
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Privacy Act of 1974; Notification To
Delete and Create a New System of
Records, ‘‘HUD/FHA Lender Approval
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this period which would result in a
contrary determination.
Comments Due Date: December 16,
2011.
Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk,
Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 Seventh Street SW., Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410.
Communications should refer to the
above docket number and title. FAX
comments are not acceptable. 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.
ADDRESSES:
For
Privacy Act inquiries contact Harold
Williams, Acting Departmental Privacy
Act Officer, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street
SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone
number (202) 402–8087. Regarding
records maintained in Washington, DC
20410 for the Office of Housing, contact
the Director, Lender Approval and
Recertification Division, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC
20410, telephone number (202) 402–
8214. [The above are not toll free
numbers.] A telecommunications device
for hearing- and speech-impaired
persons (TTY) is available at 1–(800)
877–8339 (Federal Information Relay
Services).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Title 5
U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11) provides that
the public be afforded a 30-day period
in which to comment on the amended
record system. The system report was
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), the Senate
Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs and the House
Committee on Government Reform
pursuant to Paragraph 4c of Appendix l
to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘‘Federal
Agencies Responsibilities for
Maintaining Records About
Individuals,’’ dated July 25, 1993 (58 FR
36075, July 2, 1993).
Accordingly, this notice deletes prior
publication for the HUD/FHA Lender
Approval Files SORN and creates a new
notice for the HUD’s FHA Housing
program administrators and
accompanying information to be
submitted and accessed in the
management of HUD’s FHA Housing
programs by the Office of Housing.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a; 88 Stat. 1896; 42
U.S.C. 3535(d).
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Dated: November 8, 2011.
Jerry E. Williams,
Chief Information Officer.
HUD/SF01.2502
SYSTEM NAME:
Lender Electronic Assessment Portal
(LEAP/P278), formerly ‘‘HUD/FHA
Lender Approval Files.’’
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
SYSTEM LOCATION:
LEAP is hosted on HUD servers
located in Charleston, West Virginia.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE DISCLOSURES GENERALLY
PERMITTED UNDER 5 U.S.C. 552A(B) OF THE
PRIVACY ACT, OTHER ROUTINE USES INCLUDE:
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
Individuals covered by the system are
principals or officers (i.e. director’s
managers and owners) of financial
institutions that seek approval or are
approved to originate service or hold
single family or multifamily FHAinsured mortgages, or Title I and Title
II insured loans.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
All documents and related data
required for a lender’s application;
including entity-level information such
as lender institution name and address,
business email address, and telephone
number, tax identification number,
corporate financial and organizational
document, licenses and corporate credit
reports. Other LEAP information
include individual personal information
on lending institution officials such as
names, social security numbers, credit
reports; background investigation
documents types, excluded party report
and individual resumes, and financial
statements.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
Title I and Title II of the National
Housing Act; 12 U.S.C. 1703, 1709 and
1751b; 42 U.S.C. 1436a and 3535(d).
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PURPOSES:
To obtain information from lenders
and the principals or officers of
financial institutions seeking approval
or approved to originate, service or hold
single family or multifamily FHAinsured mortgages, or Title I and Title
II insured loans. The information in this
record system enables HUD/FHA to
process applications received for (1)
Suitability and verification purposes; (2)
to ensure conformance to FHA Title I
and Title II authorities; (3) to identify
specific individuals and roles at lending
institutions, permitting correspondence
to be addressed to individuals rather
than job titles.
Currently, lenders seeking authority
to issue FHA-insured mortgages or Title
I and Title insured loans must manually
submit a paper-based application
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package, which is analyzed and
reviewed by HUD staff. This review
ensures the applicant’s capability to
adhere to the requirements of FHA’s
mortgage insurance programs. LEAP has
been developed to streamline the
application process by migrating to
electronic transmission of the requisite
package.
(a.) To the FBI during the course of
investigating possible fraud in the FHA
mortgage insurance, underwriting,
insuring or monitoring process, to the
extent necessary to obtain information
pertinent to the investigation,
(b.) To the Department of Justice (DOJ)
when seeking legal advice or for use in
any proceeding, or in preparation for
any proceeding, when HUD or any
component thereof discloses
information to DOJ during the course of
an investigation to the extent necessary
to obtain information pertinent to the
investigation under the FHA Mortgage
Insurance Program,
(c.) To HUD contractors, lenders and
financial institutions for the purpose of
conducting oversight and monitoring of
program operations to determine
compliance with applicable laws and
regulations, and financial reporting
requirements,
(d.) Additional Disclosure for
Purposes of Facilitating Responses and
Remediation Efforts in the Event of a
Data Breach. A record from a system of
records maintained by HUD may be
disclosed to appropriate agencies,
entities, and persons when:
(1.) The Department suspects or has
confirmed that the security or
confidentiality of information in a
system of records has been
compromised,
(2.) the Department has determined
that as a result of the suspected or
confirmed compromise there is a risk of
harm to economic or property interests,
identity theft or fraud, or harm to the
security or integrity of this system or
other systems or programs (whether
maintained by HUD or another agency
or entity) that rely upon the
compromised information,
(3.) the disclosure made to such
agencies, entities, and persons is
reasonably necessary to assist in
connection with the HUD’s efforts to
respond to the suspected or confirmed
compromise and prevent, minimize, or
remedy such harm, and
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(e.) To a commercial or consumer
reporting agency to use in obtaining
credit reports on individuals and credit
and background reports on entities.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
Automated records are stored on
magnetic tape/disc/drum and will be
maintained on HUD secure servers.
Paper records will no longer collected or
used by the system.
RETRIEVABILITY:
Records are retrieved by name, social
security number or other identification
number.
SAFEGUARDS:
Automated records are maintained in
secured areas. Access is limited to
authorized personnel with a need-toknow. Paper records are no longer used
by the system.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
The electronic records in LEAP will
be maintained in accordance with
Schedule 20 of the NARA General
Records Schedule. By reference,
retention policies will also mirror
Appendix 20 (‘‘Single Family Home
Mortgage Program’’) of HUD Handbook
2225.6 REV–1 CHG–53.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Director, Lender Approval and
Recertification Division, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC
20410. Notification procedure: For
information, assistance, or inquiry about
existence of records, contact the Acting
Departmental Privacy Act Officer
identified above.
NOTIFICATION AND ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Include the following standard
language: ‘‘For information, assistance,
or inquiry about the existence of
records, contact Harold Williams,
Acting Departmental Privacy Act Officer
at the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20410, telephone
number (202) 402–8087. 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:
Include the following standard
language: Procedures for the
amendment or correction of records,
and for applicants who want to appeal
initial agency determinations appear in
24 CFR part 16. If additional
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information or assistance is needed, it
may be obtained by contacting:
(i) In relation to contesting contents of
records, the Acting Departmental
Privacy Act Officer at HUD, 451 Seventh
Street SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC
20410; and,
(ii) In relation to appeals of initial
denials, the HUD Departmental Privacy
Appeals Officer, Office of General
Counsel, HUD, 451 Seventh Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20410.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Source information is received from
financial institution principals, and can
include corporate documents like
articles of incorporation and financial
statements.
EXEMPTION:
None.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–IA–2011–N242; 96300–1671–
0000–P5]
Endangered Species; Receipt of
Applications for Permit
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications
for permit.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) prohibits activities with listed
species unless a Federal permit is issued
that allows such activities. The ESA
laws require that we invite public
comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: We must receive comments or
requests for documents on or before
December 16, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, Division of
Management Authority, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax
Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 22203;
fax (703) 358–2280; or email
DMAFR@fws.gov.
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SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104
(telephone); (703) 358–2280 (fax);
DMAFR@fws.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Public Comment Procedures
A. How do I request copies of
applications or comment on submitted
applications?
Send your request for copies of
applications or comments and materials
concerning any of the applications to
the contact listed under ADDRESSES.
Please include the Federal Register
notice publication date, the PRTnumber, and the name of the applicant
in your request or submission. We will
not consider requests or comments sent
to an email or address not listed under
ADDRESSES. If you provide an email
address in your request for copies of
applications, we will attempt to respond
to your request electronically.
Please make your requests or
comments as specific as possible. Please
confine your comments to issues for
which we seek comments in this notice,
and explain the basis for your
comments. Include sufficient
information with your comments to
allow us to authenticate any scientific or
commercial data you include.
The comments and recommendations
that will be most useful and likely to
influence agency decisions are: (1)
Those supported by quantitative
information or studies; and (2) Those
that include citations to, and analyses
of, the applicable laws and regulations.
We will not consider or include in our
administrative record comments we
receive after the close of the comment
period (see DATES) or comments
delivered to an address other than those
listed above (see ADDRESSES).
B. May I review comments submitted by
others?
Comments, including names and
street addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the
address listed under ADDRESSES. The
public may review documents and other
information applicants have sent in
support of the application unless our
allowing viewing would violate the
Privacy Act or Freedom of Information
Act. Before including your address,
phone number, email 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.
II. Background
To help us carry out our conservation
responsibilities for affected species,
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section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), requires that we
invite public comment before final
action on these permit applications.
III. Permit Applications
A. Endangered Species
Applicant: Kansas City Zoo, Kansas
City, MO; PRT–58124A
The applicant requests a permit to
export two live, captive-born blackfooted cats (Felis nigripes) to France, for
the purpose of enhancement of the
survival of the species.
Applicant: Zoological Society of
Cincinnati dba Cincinnati Zoo &
Botanical Garden, Cincinnati, OH; PRT–
58183A
The applicant requests a permit to
export two live, captive-born blackfooted cats (Felis nigripes) to Denmark,
for the purpose of enhancement of the
survival of the species.
Applicant: Maryland Zoo in Baltimore,
Baltimore, MD; PRT 54123A
The applicant requests a permit to
export 50, live captive-born Panamanian
golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki) to
Canada, for the purpose of enhancement
of the survival of the species.
Multiple Applicants
The following applicants each request
a permit to import the sport-hunted
trophy of one male bontebok
(Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) culled
from a captive herd maintained under
the management program of the
Republic of South Africa, for the
purpose of enhancement of the survival
of the species.
Applicant: Kevin Hudson, Van Buren,
AR; PRT–57071A.
Applicant: Joseph Harrison, Catherine,
AL; PRT–56468A.
Applicant: Richard Smith, Capon
Bridge, WV; PRT–58302A.
Applicant: Daniel Sullivan, Long Lake,
MN; PRT–58185A.
Applicant: Jackson Fulham, College
Station, TX; PRT–56462A.
Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch
of Permits, Division of Management
Authority.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. (FR-5478-N-06)]
Privacy Act of 1974; Notification To Delete and Create a New
System of Records, ``HUD/FHA Lender Approval Files'' to New Lender
Electronic Assessment Portal
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notification to Delete and Create a New System of Records.
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SUMMARY: HUD is providing public notice that it proposes to design a
new system, the Lender Electronic Assessment Portal (LEAP), and revise
and delete information published in the Federal Register (FR) about one
of its existing Privacy Act system of records. The creation of the new
system is to facilitate migration and streamline efforts for record
collection activities under the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
lender approval and recertification process. The new system LEAP will
take full custody over the records currently maintained by HUD's Lender
Approval Files System of Records Notice (SORN) and will fully automate
the manual records process for these records. The HUD/FHA Lender
Approval Files SORN contains information pertaining to individuals who
are principals or officers of financial institutions seeking approval
or approved to originate, service, or hold FHA single family or
multifamily insured mortgages, or Title I and Title II insured loans.
Fully automating and streamlining HUD's lender approval and
recertification process enables HUD's Office of FHA to efficiently
perform the workflow operation and the assessments required to
ascertain a financial institution's eligibility and/or qualification to
participating under a FHA-insured mortgage, or Title I and Title II
insured loans. Subsequent changes that have occurred for the previously
published notice involve: Changes to the Categories of Individuals
Covered by the System, Categories of Records in the System, Purposes of
the System, and Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System,
Including Categories of Users and Purposes of Such Users. This notice
serves to update, replace and delete the prior SORN reference published
in the Federal Register on August 22, 1999 for HUD/FHA Lender Approval
Files.
DATES: Effective Date: This proposal shall become effective, without
further notice, December 16, 2011, unless comments are received during
or before this period which would result in a contrary determination.
Comments Due Date: December 16, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General Counsel,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,
Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410. Communications should refer to the
above docket number and title. FAX comments are not acceptable. 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: For Privacy Act inquiries contact
Harold Williams, Acting Departmental Privacy Act Officer, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC
20410, telephone number (202) 402-8087. Regarding records maintained in
Washington, DC 20410 for the Office of Housing, contact the Director,
Lender Approval and Recertification Division, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20410,
telephone number (202) 402-8214. [The above are not toll free numbers.]
A telecommunications device for hearing- and speech-impaired persons
(TTY) is available at 1-(800) 877-8339 (Federal Information Relay
Services).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11) provides
that the public be afforded a 30-day period in which to comment on the
amended record system. The system report was submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), the Senate Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Government Reform
pursuant to Paragraph 4c of Appendix l to OMB Circular No. A-130,
``Federal Agencies Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About
Individuals,'' dated July 25, 1993 (58 FR 36075, July 2, 1993).
Accordingly, this notice deletes prior publication for the HUD/FHA
Lender Approval Files SORN and creates a new notice for the HUD's FHA
Housing program administrators and accompanying information to be
submitted and accessed in the management of HUD's FHA Housing programs
by the Office of Housing.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a; 88 Stat. 1896; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).
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Dated: November 8, 2011.
Jerry E. Williams,
Chief Information Officer.
HUD/SF01.2502
SYSTEM NAME:
Lender Electronic Assessment Portal (LEAP/P278), formerly ``HUD/FHA
Lender Approval Files.''
SYSTEM LOCATION:
LEAP is hosted on HUD servers located in Charleston, West Virginia.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
Individuals covered by the system are principals or officers (i.e.
director's managers and owners) of financial institutions that seek
approval or are approved to originate service or hold single family or
multifamily FHA-insured mortgages, or Title I and Title II insured
loans.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
All documents and related data required for a lender's application;
including entity-level information such as lender institution name and
address, business email address, and telephone number, tax
identification number, corporate financial and organizational document,
licenses and corporate credit reports. Other LEAP information include
individual personal information on lending institution officials such
as names, social security numbers, credit reports; background
investigation documents types, excluded party report and individual
resumes, and financial statements.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
Title I and Title II of the National Housing Act; 12 U.S.C. 1703,
1709 and 1751b; 42 U.S.C. 1436a and 3535(d).
PURPOSES:
To obtain information from lenders and the principals or officers
of financial institutions seeking approval or approved to originate,
service or hold single family or multifamily FHA-insured mortgages, or
Title I and Title II insured loans. The information in this record
system enables HUD/FHA to process applications received for (1)
Suitability and verification purposes; (2) to ensure conformance to FHA
Title I and Title II authorities; (3) to identify specific individuals
and roles at lending institutions, permitting correspondence to be
addressed to individuals rather than job titles.
Currently, lenders seeking authority to issue FHA-insured mortgages
or Title I and Title insured loans must manually submit a paper-based
application package, which is analyzed and reviewed by HUD staff. This
review ensures the applicant's capability to adhere to the requirements
of FHA's mortgage insurance programs. LEAP has been developed to
streamline the application process by migrating to electronic
transmission of the requisite package.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, 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 include:
(a.) To the FBI during the course of investigating possible fraud
in the FHA mortgage insurance, underwriting, insuring or monitoring
process, to the extent necessary to obtain information pertinent to the
investigation,
(b.) To the Department of Justice (DOJ) when seeking legal advice
or for use in any proceeding, or in preparation for any proceeding,
when HUD or any component thereof discloses information to DOJ during
the course of an investigation to the extent necessary to obtain
information pertinent to the investigation under the FHA Mortgage
Insurance Program,
(c.) To HUD contractors, lenders and financial institutions for the
purpose of conducting oversight and monitoring of program operations to
determine compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and
financial reporting requirements,
(d.) Additional Disclosure for Purposes of Facilitating Responses
and Remediation Efforts in the Event of a Data Breach. A record from a
system of records maintained by HUD may be disclosed to appropriate
agencies, entities, and persons when:
(1.) The Department suspects or has confirmed that the security or
confidentiality of information in a system of records has been
compromised,
(2.) the Department has determined that as a result of the
suspected or confirmed compromise there is a risk of harm to economic
or property interests, identity theft or fraud, or harm to the security
or integrity of this system or other systems or programs (whether
maintained by HUD or another agency or entity) that rely upon the
compromised information,
(3.) the disclosure made to such agencies, entities, and persons is
reasonably necessary to assist in connection with the HUD's efforts to
respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and prevent, minimize,
or remedy such harm, and
(e.) To a commercial or consumer reporting agency to use in
obtaining credit reports on individuals and credit and background
reports on entities.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING,
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Storage:
Automated records are stored on magnetic tape/disc/drum and will be
maintained on HUD secure servers. Paper records will no longer
collected or used by the system.
Retrievability:
Records are retrieved by name, social security number or other
identification number.
Safeguards:
Automated records are maintained in secured areas. Access is
limited to authorized personnel with a need-to-know. Paper records are
no longer used by the system.
Retention and Disposal:
The electronic records in LEAP will be maintained in accordance
with Schedule 20 of the NARA General Records Schedule. By reference,
retention policies will also mirror Appendix 20 (``Single Family Home
Mortgage Program'') of HUD Handbook 2225.6 REV-1 CHG-53.
SYSTEM MANAGER(s) AND ADDRESS:
Director, Lender Approval and Recertification Division, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Washington,
DC 20410. Notification procedure: For information, assistance, or
inquiry about existence of records, contact the Acting Departmental
Privacy Act Officer identified above.
NOTIFICATION AND ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Include the following standard language: ``For information,
assistance, or inquiry about the existence of records, contact Harold
Williams, Acting Departmental Privacy Act Officer at the Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC
20410, telephone number (202) 402-8087. 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:
Include the following standard language: Procedures for the
amendment or correction of records, and for applicants who want to
appeal initial agency determinations appear in 24 CFR part 16. If
additional
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information or assistance is needed, it may be obtained by contacting:
(i) In relation to contesting contents of records, the Acting
Departmental Privacy Act Officer at HUD, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room
4178, Washington, DC 20410; and,
(ii) In relation to appeals of initial denials, the HUD
Departmental Privacy Appeals Officer, Office of General Counsel, HUD,
451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20410.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Source information is received from financial institution
principals, and can include corporate documents like articles of
incorporation and financial statements.
EXEMPTION:
None.
[FR Doc. 2011-29522 Filed 11-15-11; 8:45 am]
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