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subsections (c)(2), (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8),
(c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10) of the
‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8),
(c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10).
Dated: June 13, 2017.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–12520 Filed 6–13–17; 4:15 pm]
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
Notice of Termination; 10394 Patriot
Bank of Georgia; Cumming, Georgia
The Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC), as Receiver for
10394 Patriot Bank of Georgia,
Cumming, Georgia (Receiver) has been
authorized to take all actions necessary
to terminate the receivership estate of
Patriot Bank of Georgia (Receivership
Estate); the Receiver has made all
dividend distributions required by law.
The Receiver has further irrevocably
authorized and appointed FDICCorporate as its attorney-in-fact to
execute and file any and all documents
that may be required to be executed by
the Receiver which FDIC-Corporate, in
its sole discretion, deems necessary;
including but not limited to releases,
discharges, satisfactions, endorsements,
assignments and deeds.
Effective June 1, 2017, the
Receivership Estate has been
terminated, the Receiver discharged,
and the Receivership Estate has ceased
to exist as a legal entity.
Dated: June 12, 2017.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–12403 Filed 6–14–17; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or
Bank Holding Company
The notificants listed below have
applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank
or bank holding company. The factors
that are considered in acting on the
notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of
the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
The notices are available for
immediate inspection at the Federal
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Reserve Bank indicated. The notices
also will be available for inspection at
the offices of the Board of Governors.
Interested persons may express their
views in writing to the Reserve Bank
indicated for that notice or to the offices
of the Board of Governors. Comments
must be received not later than June 30,
2017.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis (Jacquelyn K. Brunmeier,
Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin
Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55480–0291:
1. Thomas M. Beck, Eden Prairie,
Minnesota, as trustee of the Walter C.
Rasmussen Marital Trust Created Under
Trust Agreement dated December 26,
1985, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and as
trustee of the Walter C. Rasmussen
Family Trust Created Under Trust
Agreement dated December 26, 1985,
Minneapolis, Minnesota; to acquire
voting shares of Northeast Securities
Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
and thereby indirectly acquire shares of
Northeast Bank, Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, June 12, 2017.
Yao-Chin Chao,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2017–12405 Filed 6–14–17; 8:45 am]
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standards in section 4 of the BHC Act
(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise
noted, nonbanking activities will be
conducted throughout the United States.
Unless otherwise noted, comments
regarding each of these applications
must be received at the Reserve Bank
indicated or the offices of the Board of
Governors not later than July 10, 2017.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
(Chapelle Davis, Assistant Vice
President) 1000 Peachtree Street NE.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Comments can
also be sent electronically to
Applications.Comments@atl.frb.org:
1. Axiom Bancshares, Inc., Maitland,
Florida; to become a bank holding
company upon the conversion of Axiom
Bank, FSB, Maitland, Florida, from a
federal savings bank to a national bank.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, June 9, 2017.
Yao-Chin Chao,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2017–12343 Filed 6–14–17; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and
Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
The companies listed in this notice
have applied to the Board for approval,
pursuant to the Bank Holding Company
Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)
(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part
225), and all other applicable statutes
and regulations to become a bank
holding company and/or to acquire the
assets or the ownership of, control of, or
the power to vote shares of a bank or
bank holding company and all of the
banks and nonbanking companies
owned by the bank holding company,
including the companies listed below.
The applications listed below, as well
as other related filings required by the
Board, are available for immediate
inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank
indicated. The applications will also be
available for inspection at the offices of
the Board of Governors. Interested
persons may express their views in
writing on the standards enumerated in
the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the
proposal also involves the acquisition of
a nonbanking company, the review also
includes whether the acquisition of the
nonbanking company complies with the
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Federal Trade Commission
(FTC).
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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Notice of routine use.
The FTC is adopting in final
form a new routine use that permits
disclosure of the agency’s Freedom of
Information Act (‘‘FOIA’’) request and
appeal records to the Office of
Government Information Services
(‘‘OGIS’’), in order for OGIS to assist
FOIA requesters in the processing and
resolution of their requests and appeals.
In addition to revising the applicable
Privacy Act system of records notice to
include this new routine use, the FTC
is also separately making a technical
revision to update the records
disposition section of the notice.
DATES: These amendments are effective
June 15, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G.
Richard Gold and Alex Tang, Attorneys,
Office of the General Counsel, FTC, 600
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20580, (202) 326–2424.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a
document previously published in the
Federal Register, 82 FR 10012 (Feb. 9,
2017), the Federal Trade Commission,
as required by the Privacy Act, sought
comments on a proposal to adopt a new
routine use. See 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and
(11). As the FTC explained, the new
routine use, the text of which is set forth
SUMMARY:
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at the end of this document, authorizes
the FTC to disclose FOIA request and
appeal records covered by FTC–V–1 to
the Office of Government Information
Services (‘‘OGIS’’), in order for OGIS to
assist requesters in the processing and
resolution of their requests and appeals.
The OPEN Government Act of 2007
amended the Freedom of Information
Act and created OGIS within the
National Archives and Records
Administration (‘‘NARA’’). The 2007
FOIA amendments require OGIS to
review agency FOIA policies,
procedures, and compliance, and to
offer mediation services to resolve
disputes between FOIA requesters and
agencies. See 5 U.S.C. 552(h).
In order for OGIS to fulfill its
statutory responsibilities, it requires
access to FOIA request files originated
and maintained by federal agencies
including the FTC. However, because
the FOIA request and appeal records
covered by FTC–V–1 are governed by
the Privacy Act of 1974, their disclosure
normally requires the prior written
consent of the individual to whom the
records pertain (including, for example,
an individual filing a FOIA request),
unless the agency has published a
routine use authorizing disclosure.
The Privacy Act authorizes the agency
to adopt routine uses that are consistent
with the purpose for which information
is collected. 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3); see also
5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(7). The FTC believes
that it is consistent with the purposes
for which the FOIA request and appeal
records covered by FTC–V–1 are
collected to disclose such records
routinely to OGIS to help OGIS mediate
between individual FOIA requesters and
agencies and ensure compliance with
the FOIA statute. If agencies do not
establish a ‘‘routine use’’ to provide for
this proposed disclosure, OGIS would
have to obtain the written consent of the
individual FOIA requesters in order to
obtain the access it requires to assist
that requester. Simplifying the
procedure for exchanging information
would increase the efficiency of the
FOIA administrative process. FTC staff
understands that obtaining such consent
has proven more complicated in some
circumstances, e.g., when an agency,
rather than the individual FOIA
requester, seeks OGIS’s assistance to
mediate between the agency and the
individual FOIA requester. Accordingly,
the Commission concludes that it is
authorized under the Privacy Act to
adopt a routine use permitting
disclosure of Privacy Act records for
such purposes.
In seeking public comments on the
proposed routine use, the FTC
explained that it would take into
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account any such comments and make
appropriate or necessary revisions, if
any, before publishing the proposed
routine use as final. In response to the
one comment received from the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB), the
FTC is republishing an updated notice
to clarify that the text of Appendices I–
III, cited in this system of records notice
(SORN), is publicly available on the
privacy program page of the FTC’s Web
site and previously published in the
Federal Register.
The FTC is also separately making a
technical revision that updates the
records disposition section of FTC–V–1.
During January 2017, NARA issued
General Records Schedule 4.2, Records
of Information Access and Protection,
which in part superseded and rescinded
General Records Schedule 14, which
previously covered FOIA-related
records across the federal government.
FTC–V–1’s records disposition section
has been updated accordingly. This
change does not require prior public
comment or notice to the Office of
Management & Budget (OMB) and
Congress. See U.S.C. 552a(e)(11) and
552a(r); OMB Circular A–108 (2016).
In light of the updated SORN template
set forth in the newly revised OMB
Circular A–108, the FTC is reprinting
the text of the entire SORN, including
the new routine use, for the public’s
benefit, to read as follows:
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PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
V. FTC Access Requests
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
Freedom of Information Act Requests
and Appeals–FTC (FTC–V–1).
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Not applicable.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Federal Trade Commission, 600
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20580. For other locations where
records may be maintained or accessed,
see Appendix III (Locations of FTC
Buildings and Regional Offices),
available on the FTC’s privacy program
page at www.ftc.gov/privacy and at 80
FR 9460, 9465 (Feb. 23, 2015).
SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
FOIA/PA Supervisor, Office of
General Counsel, Federal Trade
Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20580.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
Federal Trade Commission Act, 15
U.S.C. 41 et seq.; Freedom of
Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.
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To consider requests and appeals for
access to records under the Freedom of
Information Act; to determine the status
of requested records; to respond to the
requests and appeals; to make copies of
FOIA requests and frequently requested
records available publicly, under the
FTC’s Rules of Practice and FOIA; to
maintain records, documenting the
consideration and disposition of the
requests for reporting, analysis, and
recordkeeping purposes.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
Individuals filing requests for access
to information under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA); individuals
named in the FOIA request; FTC staff
assigned to help process, consider, and
respond to such requests, including any
appeals.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Communications (e.g., letters, emails)
to and from the requesting party; agency
documents generated or collected
during processing and consideration of
the request, including scanned copies of
materials responsive to the FOIA
request.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Individual about whom the record is
maintained and agency staff assigned to
help process, review, or respond to the
access request, including any appeal.
(1) Request and appeal letters, and
agency letters responding thereto, are
placed on the FTC’s public record and
available to the public for routine
inspection and copying. See FTC–I–6
(Public Records–FTC).
(2) As required by the FOIA, records
that have been ‘‘frequently requested’’
and disclosed under the FOIA within
the meaning of that Act, as determined
by the FTC, are made available to the
public for routine inspection and
copying. See FTC–I–6 (Public Records–
FTC).
(3) Disclosure to the National
Archives and Records Administration,
Office of Government Information
Services (OGIS), to the extent necessary
to fulfill its responsibilities in 5 U.S.C.
552(h), to review administrative agency
policies, procedures, and compliance
with the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA), and to facilitate OGIS’s offering
of mediation services to resolve disputes
between persons making FOIA requests
and administrative agencies.
For other ways that the Privacy Act
permits the FTC to use or disclose
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system records outside the agency, see
Appendix I (Authorized Disclosures and
Routine Uses Applicable to All FTC
Privacy Act Systems of Records),
available on the FTC’s privacy program
page at www.ftc.gov/privacy and at 73
FR 33592, 36333–36334 (June 12, 2008).
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF
RECORDS:
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF
RECORDS:
Indexed by name of requesting party
and subject matter of request. Records
can also be searched by name, address,
phone number, fax number, and email
of the requesting party, subject matter of
the request, requestor organization,
FOIA number, and staff member
assigned to the request.
Records are retained and disposed of
in accordance with General Records
Schedule 4.2, issued by the National
Archives and Records Administration.
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL
SAFEGUARDS:
Requests, appeals, and responses
available to the public, as described
above. Access to nonpublic system
records is restricted to FTC personnel or
contractors whose responsibilities
require access. Nonpublic paper records
are temporary, maintained in lockable
file cabinets or offices, and destroyed
once the request is complete. Access to
electronic records is controlled by ‘‘user
ID’’ and password combination and
other electronic access or network
controls (e.g., firewalls). FTC buildings
are guarded and monitored by security
personnel, cameras, ID checks, and
other physical security measures.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
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See § 4.13 of the FTC’s Rules of
Practice, 16 CFR 4.13. For additional
guidance, see also Appendix II (How To
Make A Privacy Act Request), available
on the FTC’s privacy program page at
www.ftc.gov/privacy and at 73 FR
33592, 33634 (June 12, 2008).
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
See § 4.13 of the FTC’s Rules of
Practice, 16 CFR 4.13. For additional
guidance, see also Appendix II (How To
Make A Privacy Act Request), available
on the FTC’s privacy program page at
www.ftc.gov/privacy and at 73 FR
33592, 33634 (June 12, 2008).
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Records contained in this system that
have been placed on the FTC public
record are available upon request, as
discussed above. However, pursuant to
5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), records in this
system, which reflect records that are
contained in other systems of records
that are designated as exempt, are
exempt from the requirements of
subsections (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G),
(H), (I), and (f) of 5 U.S.C. 552a. See
§ 4.13(m) of the FTC Rules of Practice,
16 CFR 4.13(m).
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DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
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See § 4.13 of the FTC’s Rules of
Practice, 16 CFR 4.13. For additional
guidance, see also Appendix II (How To
Make A Privacy Act Request), available
on the FTC’s privacy program page at
www.ftc.gov/privacy and at 73 FR
33592, 33634 (June 12, 2008).
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
Records are maintained electronically
using a commercial software application
run on the agency’s internal servers.
Temporary paper files are destroyed
once the request is complete.
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NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
73 FR 33592–33634 (June 12, 2008).
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David C. Shonka,
Acting General Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2014–N–0192]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Establishing and
Maintaining Lists of U.S. Milk Product
Manufacturers/Processors With
Interest in Exporting
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA, we, or Agency) is
announcing an opportunity for public
comment on the proposed collection of
certain information by the Agency.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are
required to publish notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information, and
to allow 60 days for public comment in
response to the notice. This notice
solicits comments on the information
collection entitled ‘‘Establishing and
Maintaining Lists of U.S. Milk Product
Manufacturers/Processors With Interest
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in Exporting,’’ which establishes and
maintains lists of U.S. milk product
manufacturers and processors with
interest in exporting to countries that
require such lists to be maintained. The
notice also solicits comments on an
electronic registry that will allow
manufacturers and processors of milk
products to electronically request
inclusion on the export lists.
DATES: Submit either electronic or
written comments on the collection of
information by August 14, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
as follows. Please note that late,
untimely filed comments will not be
considered. Electronic comments must
be submitted on or before August 14,
2017. The https://www.regulations.gov
electronic filing system will accept
comments until midnight Eastern Time
at the end of August 14, 2017.
Comments received by mail/hand
delivery/courier (for written/paper
submissions) will be considered timely
if they are postmarked or the delivery
service acceptance receipt is on or
before that date.
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the
following way:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Comments submitted electronically,
including attachments, to https://
www.regulations.gov will be posted to
the docket unchanged. Because your
comment will be made public, you are
solely responsible for ensuring that your
comment does not include any
confidential information that you or a
third party may not wish to be posted,
such as medical information, your or
anyone else’s Social Security number, or
confidential business information, such
as a manufacturing process. Please note
that if you include your name, contact
information, or other information that
identifies you in the body of your
comments, that information will be
posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
• If you want to submit a comment
with confidential information that you
do not wish to be made available to the
public, submit the comment as a
written/paper submission and in the
manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper
Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).
Written/Paper Submissions
Submit written/paper submissions as
follows:
• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
written/paper submissions): Division of
Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food
and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
ACTION: Notice of routine use.
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SUMMARY: The FTC is adopting in final form a new routine use that
permits disclosure of the agency's Freedom of Information Act
(``FOIA'') request and appeal records to the Office of Government
Information Services (``OGIS''), in order for OGIS to assist FOIA
requesters in the processing and resolution of their requests and
appeals. In addition to revising the applicable Privacy Act system of
records notice to include this new routine use, the FTC is also
separately making a technical revision to update the records
disposition section of the notice.
DATES: These amendments are effective June 15, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G. Richard Gold and Alex Tang,
Attorneys, Office of the General Counsel, FTC, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2424.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a document previously published in the
Federal Register, 82 FR 10012 (Feb. 9, 2017), the Federal Trade
Commission, as required by the Privacy Act, sought comments on a
proposal to adopt a new routine use. See 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11).
As the FTC explained, the new routine use, the text of which is set
forth
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at the end of this document, authorizes the FTC to disclose FOIA
request and appeal records covered by FTC-V-1 to the Office of
Government Information Services (``OGIS''), in order for OGIS to assist
requesters in the processing and resolution of their requests and
appeals.
The OPEN Government Act of 2007 amended the Freedom of Information
Act and created OGIS within the National Archives and Records
Administration (``NARA''). The 2007 FOIA amendments require OGIS to
review agency FOIA policies, procedures, and compliance, and to offer
mediation services to resolve disputes between FOIA requesters and
agencies. See 5 U.S.C. 552(h).
In order for OGIS to fulfill its statutory responsibilities, it
requires access to FOIA request files originated and maintained by
federal agencies including the FTC. However, because the FOIA request
and appeal records covered by FTC-V-1 are governed by the Privacy Act
of 1974, their disclosure normally requires the prior written consent
of the individual to whom the records pertain (including, for example,
an individual filing a FOIA request), unless the agency has published a
routine use authorizing disclosure.
The Privacy Act authorizes the agency to adopt routine uses that
are consistent with the purpose for which information is collected. 5
U.S.C. 552a(b)(3); see also 5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(7). The FTC believes that
it is consistent with the purposes for which the FOIA request and
appeal records covered by FTC-V-1 are collected to disclose such
records routinely to OGIS to help OGIS mediate between individual FOIA
requesters and agencies and ensure compliance with the FOIA statute. If
agencies do not establish a ``routine use'' to provide for this
proposed disclosure, OGIS would have to obtain the written consent of
the individual FOIA requesters in order to obtain the access it
requires to assist that requester. Simplifying the procedure for
exchanging information would increase the efficiency of the FOIA
administrative process. FTC staff understands that obtaining such
consent has proven more complicated in some circumstances, e.g., when
an agency, rather than the individual FOIA requester, seeks OGIS's
assistance to mediate between the agency and the individual FOIA
requester. Accordingly, the Commission concludes that it is authorized
under the Privacy Act to adopt a routine use permitting disclosure of
Privacy Act records for such purposes.
In seeking public comments on the proposed routine use, the FTC
explained that it would take into account any such comments and make
appropriate or necessary revisions, if any, before publishing the
proposed routine use as final. In response to the one comment received
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the FTC is republishing
an updated notice to clarify that the text of Appendices I-III, cited
in this system of records notice (SORN), is publicly available on the
privacy program page of the FTC's Web site and previously published in
the Federal Register.
The FTC is also separately making a technical revision that updates
the records disposition section of FTC-V-1. During January 2017, NARA
issued General Records Schedule 4.2, Records of Information Access and
Protection, which in part superseded and rescinded General Records
Schedule 14, which previously covered FOIA-related records across the
federal government. FTC-V-1's records disposition section has been
updated accordingly. This change does not require prior public comment
or notice to the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) and Congress. See
U.S.C. 552a(e)(11) and 552a(r); OMB Circular A-108 (2016).
In light of the updated SORN template set forth in the newly
revised OMB Circular A-108, the FTC is reprinting the text of the
entire SORN, including the new routine use, for the public's benefit,
to read as follows:
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V. FTC Access Requests
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
Freedom of Information Act Requests and Appeals-FTC (FTC-V-1).
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Not applicable.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20580. For other locations where records may be maintained or
accessed, see Appendix III (Locations of FTC Buildings and Regional
Offices), available on the FTC's privacy program page at www.ftc.gov/privacy and at 80 FR 9460, 9465 (Feb. 23, 2015).
SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
FOIA/PA Supervisor, Office of General Counsel, Federal Trade
Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20580.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.; Freedom of
Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.
PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
To consider requests and appeals for access to records under the
Freedom of Information Act; to determine the status of requested
records; to respond to the requests and appeals; to make copies of FOIA
requests and frequently requested records available publicly, under the
FTC's Rules of Practice and FOIA; to maintain records, documenting the
consideration and disposition of the requests for reporting, analysis,
and recordkeeping purposes.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
Individuals filing requests for access to information under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); individuals named in the FOIA
request; FTC staff assigned to help process, consider, and respond to
such requests, including any appeals.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Communications (e.g., letters, emails) to and from the requesting
party; agency documents generated or collected during processing and
consideration of the request, including scanned copies of materials
responsive to the FOIA request.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Individual about whom the record is maintained and agency staff
assigned to help process, review, or respond to the access request,
including any appeal.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
(1) Request and appeal letters, and agency letters responding
thereto, are placed on the FTC's public record and available to the
public for routine inspection and copying. See FTC-I-6 (Public Records-
FTC).
(2) As required by the FOIA, records that have been ``frequently
requested'' and disclosed under the FOIA within the meaning of that
Act, as determined by the FTC, are made available to the public for
routine inspection and copying. See FTC-I-6 (Public Records-FTC).
(3) Disclosure to the National Archives and Records Administration,
Office of Government Information Services (OGIS), to the extent
necessary to fulfill its responsibilities in 5 U.S.C. 552(h), to review
administrative agency policies, procedures, and compliance with the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and to facilitate OGIS's offering of
mediation services to resolve disputes between persons making FOIA
requests and administrative agencies.
For other ways that the Privacy Act permits the FTC to use or
disclose
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system records outside the agency, see Appendix I (Authorized
Disclosures and Routine Uses Applicable to All FTC Privacy Act Systems
of Records), available on the FTC's privacy program page at
www.ftc.gov/privacy and at 73 FR 33592, 36333-36334 (June 12, 2008).
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
Records are maintained electronically using a commercial software
application run on the agency's internal servers. Temporary paper files
are destroyed once the request is complete.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
Indexed by name of requesting party and subject matter of request.
Records can also be searched by name, address, phone number, fax
number, and email of the requesting party, subject matter of the
request, requestor organization, FOIA number, and staff member assigned
to the request.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
Records are retained and disposed of in accordance with General
Records Schedule 4.2, issued by the National Archives and Records
Administration.
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
Requests, appeals, and responses available to the public, as
described above. Access to nonpublic system records is restricted to
FTC personnel or contractors whose responsibilities require access.
Nonpublic paper records are temporary, maintained in lockable file
cabinets or offices, and destroyed once the request is complete. Access
to electronic records is controlled by ``user ID'' and password
combination and other electronic access or network controls (e.g.,
firewalls). FTC buildings are guarded and monitored by security
personnel, cameras, ID checks, and other physical security measures.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
See Sec. 4.13 of the FTC's Rules of Practice, 16 CFR 4.13. For
additional guidance, see also Appendix II (How To Make A Privacy Act
Request), available on the FTC's privacy program page at www.ftc.gov/privacy and at 73 FR 33592, 33634 (June 12, 2008).
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
See Sec. 4.13 of the FTC's Rules of Practice, 16 CFR 4.13. For
additional guidance, see also Appendix II (How To Make A Privacy Act
Request), available on the FTC's privacy program page at www.ftc.gov/privacy and at 73 FR 33592, 33634 (June 12, 2008).
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
See Sec. 4.13 of the FTC's Rules of Practice, 16 CFR 4.13. For
additional guidance, see also Appendix II (How To Make A Privacy Act
Request), available on the FTC's privacy program page at www.ftc.gov/privacy and at 73 FR 33592, 33634 (June 12, 2008).
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
Records contained in this system that have been placed on the FTC
public record are available upon request, as discussed above. However,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), records in this system, which reflect
records that are contained in other systems of records that are
designated as exempt, are exempt from the requirements of subsections
(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), (I), and (f) of 5 U.S.C. 552a. See
Sec. 4.13(m) of the FTC Rules of Practice, 16 CFR 4.13(m).
HISTORY:
73 FR 33592-33634 (June 12, 2008).
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David C. Shonka,
Acting General Counsel.
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