DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, 9073-9074 [2017-02209]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• Office of the Secretary

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 21 (Thursday, February 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9073-9074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02209]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DHS-2017-0009]


DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Privacy Office, DHS.

ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Federal advisory committee 
meeting.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will 
conduct a teleconference on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. The 
teleconference will be open to the public.

DATES: The DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will 
conduct a teleconference on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. 
to 12:00 p.m. Please note that the teleconference may end early if the 
Committee has completed its business.

ADDRESSES: This will be a call and online forum (URL will be posted on 
the Privacy Office Web site in advance of the meeting at www.dhs.gov/privacy-advisory-committees). For information on services for 
individuals with disabilities, or to request special assistance, 
contact Sandra Taylor, Designated Federal Officer, DHS Data Privacy and 
Integrity Advisory Committee, as soon as possible.
    To facilitate public participation, we invite public comment on the 
issues to be considered by the Committee as listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section below. A public comment period will be held during 
the meeting from 11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m., and speakers are requested to 
limit their comments to three minutes. If you would like to address the 
Committee at the meeting, we request that you register in advance. The 
names and affiliations, if any, of individuals who address the 
Committee are included in the public record of the meeting. Please note 
that the public comment period may end before the time indicated, 
following the last call for comments. Written comments should be sent 
to Sandra Taylor, Designated Federal Officer, DHS Data Privacy and 
Integrity Advisory Committee, by February 13, 2017. Persons who wish to 
submit comments and who are not able to attend or speak at the meeting 
may submit comments at any time. All submissions must include the 
Docket Number (DHS-2017-0009) and may be submitted by any one of the 
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: PrivacyCommittee@hq.dhs.gov. Include the Docket 
Number (DHS-2017-0009) in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 343-4010.
     Mail: Sandra Taylor, Designated Federal Officer, Data 
Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, Department of Homeland 
Security, 245 Murray Lane SW., Mail Stop 0655, Washington, DC 20528.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the words ``Department 
of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee'' 
and the Docket Number (DHS-2017-0009). Comments received will be posted 
without alteration at https://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided.
    The DHS Privacy Office encourages you to register for the meeting 
in advance by contacting Sandra Taylor, Designated Federal Officer, DHS 
Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, at 
PrivacyCommittee@hq.dhs.gov. Advance registration is voluntary. The 
Privacy Act Statement below explains how DHS uses the registration 
information you may provide and how you may access or correct 
information retained by DHS, if any.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received by the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory 
Committee, go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for docket 
number DHS-2017-0009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Taylor, Designated Federal 
Officer, DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, Department 
of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane SW., Mail Stop 0655, Washington, 
DC 20528, by telephone (202) 343-1717, by fax (202) 343-4010, or by 
email to PrivacyCommittee@hq.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Title 5, U.S.C., appendix. The 
DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee provides advice at 
the request of the Secretary of Homeland Security and the DHS Chief 
Privacy Officer on programmatic, policy, operational, administrative, 
and technological issues within DHS that relate to personally 
identifiable information, as well as data integrity and other privacy-
related matters. The Committee was established by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security under the authority of 6 U.S.C. 451.

Proposed Agenda

    During the teleconference, the Committee will address and vote on 
draft recommendations for DHS to consider on best practices for a data 
breach notification should DHS suffer a significant incident. The final 
agenda will be posted on or before January 30, 2017, on the Committee's 
Web site at www.dhs.gov/privacy-advisory-committees. Please note that 
the call may end early if all business is completed.

Privacy Act Statement: DHS's Use of Your Information

    Authority: DHS requests that you voluntarily submit this 
information under its following authorities: The Federal Records Act, 
44 U.S.C. 3101; the FACA, 5 U.S.C. appendix; and the Privacy Act of 
1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a.
    Principal Purposes: When you register to attend a DHS Data Privacy 
and Integrity Advisory Committee meeting, DHS collects your name, 
contact information, and the organization you represent, if any. We use 
this information to contact you for purposes related to the meeting, 
such as to confirm your registration, to advise you of any changes in 
the meeting, or to assure that we have sufficient materials to 
distribute to all attendees. We may also use the information you 
provide for public record purposes such as posting publicly available 
transcripts and meeting minutes.
    Routine Uses and Sharing: In general, DHS will not use the 
information you provide for any purpose other than the Principal 
Purposes, and will not share this information within or outside the 
agency. In certain circumstances, DHS

[[Page 9074]]

may share this information on a case-by-case basis as required by law 
or as necessary for a specific purpose, as described in the DHS/ALL-002 
Mailing and Other Lists System of Records Notice (November 25, 2008, 73 
FR 71659).
    Effects of Not Providing Information: You may choose not to provide 
the requested information or to provide only some of the information 
DHS requests. If you choose not to provide some or all of the requested 
information, DHS may not be able to contact you for purposes related to 
the meeting.
    Accessing and Correcting Information: If you are unable to access 
or correct this information by using the method that you originally 
used to submit it, you may direct your request in writing to the DHS 
Deputy Chief FOIA Officer at foia@hq.dhs.gov. Additional instructions 
are available at https://www.dhs.gov/foia and in the DHS/ALL-002 Mailing 
and Other Lists System of Records referenced above.

    Dated: January 23, 2017.
Jonathan R. Cantor,
Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2017-02209 Filed 2-1-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 9110-9L-P