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HISTORY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
PURPOSES OF THE SYSTEM:
FR–7009–N–01, 2/20/2018, 83 FR
7208.
LaDonne White; 451 Seventh Street SW,
Room 10139; Washington, DC 20410–
0001; telephone number 202–708–3054
(this is not a toll-free number). HUD
welcomes and is prepared to receive
calls from individuals who are deaf or
hard of hearing, as well as individuals
with speech or communication
disabilities. To learn more about how to
make an accessible telephone call,
please visit https://www.fcc.gov/
consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The new
system of records titled, ‘‘Hardship
Reassignment Program.’’ This system of
records covers HUD’s collection and
maintenance of records on individuals
who request and/or receive a
reassignment, due to a hardship; in
accordance with 5 CFR 335.102, 5 CFR
302.102(a), and 5 CFR 210.102(b)(12)
and HUD’s Hardship Reassignment
Policy and Procedures Handbook
(560.1). These procedures are intended
to accommodate, if possible, an
employee’s request to permanently
relocate due to family difficulties. These
procedures do not impede the program
office’s ability to make employee
assignments. Additionally, this policy
does not require program offices (or
selecting officials) to place employees in
vacant positions solely based on a
hardship. The filling of vacant positions
is always at management’s discretion.
The purpose of this system is to allow
HUD to collect and maintain records on
employees requesting or receiving a
relocation due to a hardship, while
documenting such determinations to
otherwise comply with mandates and
Executive Orders. Other purposes for
the use of this system are to monitor,
process, track and report the processing
of approved requests; to locate
individuals for personnel research, and
to document security violations and
supervisory actions taken. Additionally,
these records may be used to help
streamline and make more efficient the
investigations and adjudications
processes, while ensuring compliance
with applicable laws and regulations,
including confidentiality requirements
protecting the information individuals
submit in support of their hardship
reassignment request.
LaDonne White,
Chief Privacy Officer, Office of
Administration.
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BILLING CODE P
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7077–N–04]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Office of Administration, HUD.
Notice of a new system of
AGENCY:
ACTION:
records.
Pursuant to the provisions of
the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended,
the Department of the Housing and
Urban Development (HUD), Office of the
Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO)
is issuing a public notice of its intent to
establish a Privacy Act System of
Records titled ‘‘Hardship
Reassignment’’. The purpose of this
system of records is to allow HUD to
collect and maintain records on
individuals requesting a reassignment
due to a hardship.
DATES: Comments will be accepted on or
before April 10, 2023. This proposed
action will be effective immediately
upon publication. Routine uses will
become effective on the date following
the end of the comment period unless
comments are received which result in
a contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number or by one
of the following method—Docket
Number not yet identified.
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions provided on that site to
submit comments electronically.
Fax: 202–619–8365.
Email: www.privacy@hud.gov.
Mail: Attention: Privacy Office;
LaDonne White, Chief Privacy Officer;
The Executive Secretariat; 451 Seventh
Street SW, Room 10139; Washington,
DC 20410–0001.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
docket number for this rulemaking. All
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov. including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received go to https://
www.regulations.gov.
SUMMARY:
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SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
Hardship Reassignment Program,
HUD/OCHCO–04.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Records are maintained at the
following locations: U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development
Headquarters location, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410–0001.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
Sophia Spadacino, Acting Branch
Chief, Office of the Chief Human Capital
Officer (OCHCO), Employee Health and
Wellness Division (EHWD), Reasonable
Accommodation Branch (RAB), 451
Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC
20410–0001.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
The following legal authority (statute
section, Executive Order, etc.)
authorizes the maintenance of the
records in the system: 5 CFR 335.102, 5
CFR 302.102(a), and 5 CFR
210.102(b)(12) and HUD’s Hardship
Reassignment Policy and Procedures
Handbook (650.1).
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CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
HUD employees.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Name, home address, email address,
home telephone numbers, office
telephone numbers, work address,
employment status, history, salary
employee location, grade preference,
family information such as medical
records to include disability
information.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
HUD Employees.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
A. To a congressional office from the
record of an individual, in response to
an inquiry from the congressional office
made at the request of that individual.
B. To appropriate agencies, entities,
and persons when: (1) HUD suspects or
has confirmed that there has been a
breach of the system of records; (2) HUD
has determined that as a result of the
suspected or confirmed breach there is
a risk of harm to individuals, HUD
(including its information systems,
program and operations), the Federal
Government, or national security; and
(3) The disclosure made to such
agencies, entities, and persons is
reasonably necessary to assist in
connection with HUD’s efforts to
respond to the suspected or confirmed
breach or to prevent, minimize, or
remedy such harm.
C. To another Federal agency or
Federal entity, when HUD determines
that information from this system of
records is reasonably necessary to assist
the recipient agency or entity in (1)
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responding to suspected or confirmed
breach, or (2) preventing, minimizing, or
remedying the risk of harm to
individuals, the recipient agency or
entity (including its information
systems, programs, and operations), the
Federal Government, or national
security, resulting from a suspected or
confirmed breach.
D. To appropriate Federal, State,
local, tribal, or other governmental
agencies or multilateral governmental
organizations responsible for
investigating or prosecuting the
violations of, or for enforcing or
implementing, a statute, rule,
regulation, order, or license, where HUD
determines that the information would
assist in the enforcement of civil or
criminal laws and when such records,
either alone or in conjunction with
other information, indicate a violation
or potential violation of law.
E. To any component of the
Department of Justice or other Federal
agency conducting litigation or in
proceedings before any court,
adjudicative, or administrative body,
when HUD determines that the use of
such records is relevant and necessary
to the litigation and when any of the
following is a party to the litigation or
have an interest in such litigation: (1)
HUD, or any component thereof; or (2)
any HUD employee in his or her official
capacity; or (3) any HUD employee in
his or her individual capacity where the
Department of Justice or agency
conducting the litigation has agreed to
represent the employee; or (4) the
United States, or any agency thereof,
where HUD determines that litigation is
likely to affect HUD or any of its
components.
F. To officials of labor organizations
recognized under the Civil Service
Reform Act when relevant and
necessary to their duties of exclusive
representation concerning personnel
policies, practices, and matters affecting
work conditions.
G. To the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM), the Merit Systems
Protection Board (and its office of the
Special Counsel), the Federal Labor
Relations Authority (and its General
Counsel), or the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission when
requested in performance of their
authorized duties of exclusive
representation concerning personnel
policies, practices, and matters affecting
work conditions.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF
RECORDS:
Electronic Records and Paper records.
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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF
RECORDS:
Records are retrievable by Full name.
POLICIES AND PRACTICIES FOR RETENTION AND
DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
Destroy upon verification of
successful creation of the final
document or file, or when no longer
needed for business use, whichever is
later. NARA records schedule citation:
DAA–GSR–2017–0003–0002
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL
SAFEGUARDS:
For Paper Records: Comprehensive
paper records are kept in locked metal
file cabinets in locked rooms in HUD
Headquarters, in the Reasonable
Accommodations Branch, which is the
office responsible for the Hardship
Reassignment. Access to these records is
limited to only those persons who have
a need for them in the performance of
their official duties. All physical access
to the building where the system of
records is maintained is controlled and
monitored by security personnel who
perform security checks on a routine
basis.
For Electronic Records:
Comprehensive electronic records are
maintained and stored in an electronic
encryption database system. These
records can only be accessed based off
the user’s rights and privileges to the
system. Electronic records are stored on
the Shared Drive under P209 HUD LAN
File Server environment, which runs on
the Department’s network. This
environment complies with the security
and privacy controls and procedures as
described in the Federal Information
Security Management Act (FISMA),
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) Special Publications,
and Federal; Information Processing
Standards (FIPS). A valid HSPD–12 ID
Credential, access to HUD’s LAN, a
valid UserID and Password and a
Personalized Identification Number
(PIN) is required to access the Hardship
Reassignment Program. These records
are restricted to only those persons with
a role in the Reasonable
Accommodations Branch, having a need
to access them in the performance of
their official duties.
For Electronic Records (cloud based):
Comprehensive electronic records are
secured and maintained on a cloudbased software server and operating
system that resides in Federal Risk and
Authorization Management Program
(FedRAMP) and Federal Information
Security Management Act (FISMA)
Moderate dedicated hosting
environment. All data located in the
cloud-based server is firewalled and
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encrypted at rest and in transit. The
security mechanisms for handing data at
rest and in transit are in accordance
with HUD encryption standards.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Individuals seeking to determine
whether this System of Records contains
information on themselves should
address written inquiries to the
Department of Housing Urban and
Development, 451 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC. For verification,
individuals should provide full name,
current address, and telephone number.
In addition, the requester must provide
either a notarized statement or an
unsworn declaration made under 24
CFR 16.4 in the following format:
If executed outside the United States:
‘‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state)
under penalty of perjury under the laws
of the United States of America that the
foregoing is true and correct. Executed
on (date). (Signature).’’ If executed
within the United States, its territories,
possessions, or commonwealths: ‘‘I
declare (or certify, verify, or state) under
penalty of perjury that the foregoing is
true and correct. Executed on (date).
(Signature).’’ More information
regarding HUD’s procedures for
accessing records in accordance with
the Privacy Act can be found at 24 CFR
16.4, ‘‘Protection of Privacy and Access
to Individual Records Under the Privacy
Act of 1974.’’
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
The HUD rule for accessing,
contesting, and appealing agency
determinations by the individual
concerned are published in 24 CFR part
16.8 or may be obtained from the system
manager.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
Individuals seeking to determine
whether information about themselves
is contained in this system should
address written inquiries to the
Department of Housing Urban
Development Office of the Chief Human
Capital Officer, 451 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20410–0001. For
verification purposes, individuals
should provide full name, office or
organization where currently assigned,
if applicable, and current address and
telephone number. In addition, the
requester must provide either a
notarized statement or an unsworn
declaration made in accordance with 24
CFR part 16, in the following format:
If executed outside the United States:
‘‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state)
under penalty of perjury under the laws
of the United States of America that the
foregoing is true and correct. executed
on (Date). (Signature).’’
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If executed within the United States,
its territories, possessions, or
commonwealths: ‘‘I declare (or certify,
verify, or state) under penalty of perjury
that the foregoing is true and correct.
executed on (Date). (Signature).’’
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
N/A.
HISTORY:
N/A.
LaDonne White,
Chief Privacy Officer, Office of
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[FR–6365–N–01]
Section 8 Housing Assistance
Payments Program—Annual
Adjustment Factors, Fiscal Year 2023
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of fiscal year (FY) 2023
annual adjustment factors (AAFs).
AGENCY:
The United States Housing
Act of 1937 requires that certain
assistance contracts signed by owners
participating in the Department’s
Section 8 housing assistance payment
programs provide annual adjustments to
monthly rentals for units covered by the
contracts. For owners subject to a
Reserve for Replacement deposit
requirement, HUD also requires that the
amount of the required deposit be
adjusted each year by the AAF. This
notice announces FY 2023 AAFs for
such adjustments. The factors are based
on a formula using residential rent and
utility cost changes from the most recent
annual Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey.
DATES: Effective Date: March 9, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ryan Jones, Director, Management and
Operations Division, Office of Housing
Voucher Programs, Office of Public and
Indian Housing, 202–708–1380, for
questions relating to the Section 8
Moderate Rehabilitation program (not
the Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation
Single Room Occupancy program);
Norman A. Suchar, Director, Office of
Special Needs Assistance Programs,
Office of Community Planning and
Development, 202–402–5015, for
questions regarding the Section 8
Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room
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Occupancy (SRO) program; Jennifer
Lavorel, Director, OAMPO Program
Administration Office, Office of
Multifamily Housing, 202–402–2231, for
questions relating to all other Section 8
programs; and Adam Bibler, Director,
Program Parameters and Research
Division, Office of Policy Development
and Research, 202–402–6057, for
technical information regarding the
development of the schedules for
specific areas or the methods used for
calculating the AAFs. The mailing
address for these individuals is:
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20410. HUD welcomes
and is prepared to receive calls from
individuals who are deaf or hard of
hearing, as well as individuals with
speech or communication disabilities.
To learn more about how to make an
accessible telephone call, please visit
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/
telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
AAFs are
applied at the anniversary of Housing
Assistance Payment (HAP) contracts for
which rents are to be adjusted using the
AAF for those calendar months
commencing after the effective date of
this notice. The amount that an owner
is required to deposit to the Reserve for
Replacement account is also adjusted
annually by the most recently published
AAF, at the HAP contract anniversary.
AAFs are distinct from, and do not
apply to the same properties as,
Operating Cost Adjustment Factors
(OCAFs). OCAFs are annual factors used
to adjust rents for project-based rental
assistance contracts issued under
Section 8 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 and renewed under section
515 or section 524 of the Multifamily
Assisted Housing Reform and
Affordability Act of 1997 (MAHRA).
HUD has published OCAFs for 2023 in
the Federal Register at 87 FR 68513.
The AAFs are also distinct from
Renewal Funding Inflation Factors
which help determine renewal funding
for public housing agencies operating
the Housing Choice Voucher program. A
separate Federal Register notice, to be
published following the passage of FY
2023 HUD appropriations, will contain
the 2023 Renewal Funding Inflation
Factors.
Tables showing AAFs will be
available electronically from the HUD
data information page at https://
www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/
aaf.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Applying AAFs to Various Section 8
Programs
AAFs established by this notice are
used to adjust contract rents for units
assisted in certain Section 8 housing
assistance payment programs during the
initial (i.e., pre-renewal) term of the
HAP contract. There are two categories
of Section 8 programs that use the
AAFs:
Category 1: The Section 8 New
Construction, Substantial
Rehabilitation, and Moderate
Rehabilitation programs; and
Category 2: The Section 8 Loan
Management Set-Aside (LMSA) and
Property Disposition (PD) programs.
Each Section 8 program category uses
the AAFs differently. The specific
application of the AAFs is determined
by the law, the HAP contract, and
appropriate program regulations or
requirements.
AAFs are not used in the following
cases:
Renewal Rents. AAFs are not used to
determine renewal rents after expiration
of the original Section 8 HAP contract
(either for projects where the Section 8
HAP contract is renewed under a
restructuring plan adopted under 24
CFR part 401; or renewed without
restructuring under 24 CFR part 402). In
general, renewal rents are established in
accordance with the statutory provision
in MAHRA, as amended, under which
the HAP is renewed. After renewal,
annual rent adjustments will be
provided in accordance with MAHRA.
Budget-based Rents. AAFs are not
used for budget-based rent adjustments.
For projects receiving Section 8
subsidies under the LM program (24
CFR part 886, subpart A) and for
projects receiving Section 8 subsidies
under the PD program (24 CFR part 886,
subpart C), contract rents are adjusted,
at HUD’s option, either by applying the
AAFs or by budget-based adjustments in
accordance with 24 CFR 886.112(b) and
24 CFR 886.312(b). Budget-based
adjustments are used for most Section 8/
202 projects.
Housing Choice Voucher and ProjectBased Voucher Programs. AAFs are not
used to adjust rents in the Tenant-Based
or the Project-Based Voucher programs.
Reserve for Replacement. The amount
that an owner is required to deposit to
the Reserve for Replacement account is
adjusted annually by the AAF at the
HAP contract anniversary.
II. Adjustment Procedures
This section of the notice provides a
broad description of procedures for
adjusting the contract rent. Technical
details and requirements are described
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7077-N-04]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of a new system of records.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as
amended, the Department of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) is issuing a public
notice of its intent to establish a Privacy Act System of Records
titled ``Hardship Reassignment''. The purpose of this system of records
is to allow HUD to collect and maintain records on individuals
requesting a reassignment due to a hardship.
DATES: Comments will be accepted on or before April 10, 2023. This
proposed action will be effective immediately upon publication. Routine
uses will become effective on the date following the end of the comment
period unless comments are received which result in a contrary
determination.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number or by
one of the following method--Docket Number not yet identified.
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions provided on that site to submit comments electronically.
Fax: 202-619-8365.
Email: [email protected].
Mail: Attention: Privacy Office; LaDonne White, Chief Privacy
Officer; The Executive Secretariat; 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 10139;
Washington, DC 20410-0001.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this rulemaking. All comments received will be
posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov. including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received go to https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaDonne White; 451 Seventh Street SW,
Room 10139; Washington, DC 20410-0001; telephone number 202-708-3054
(this is not a toll-free number). HUD welcomes and is prepared to
receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well
as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more
about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The new system of records titled, ``Hardship
Reassignment Program.'' This system of records covers HUD's collection
and maintenance of records on individuals who request and/or receive a
reassignment, due to a hardship; in accordance with 5 CFR 335.102, 5
CFR 302.102(a), and 5 CFR 210.102(b)(12) and HUD's Hardship
Reassignment Policy and Procedures Handbook (560.1). These procedures
are intended to accommodate, if possible, an employee's request to
permanently relocate due to family difficulties. These procedures do
not impede the program office's ability to make employee assignments.
Additionally, this policy does not require program offices (or
selecting officials) to place employees in vacant positions solely
based on a hardship. The filling of vacant positions is always at
management's discretion.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
Hardship Reassignment Program, HUD/OCHCO-04.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Records are maintained at the following locations: U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development Headquarters location, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410-0001.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
Sophia Spadacino, Acting Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Human
Capital Officer (OCHCO), Employee Health and Wellness Division (EHWD),
Reasonable Accommodation Branch (RAB), 451 Seventh Street SW,
Washington, DC 20410-0001.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
The following legal authority (statute section, Executive Order,
etc.) authorizes the maintenance of the records in the system: 5 CFR
335.102, 5 CFR 302.102(a), and 5 CFR 210.102(b)(12) and HUD's Hardship
Reassignment Policy and Procedures Handbook (650.1).
PURPOSES OF THE SYSTEM:
The purpose of this system is to allow HUD to collect and maintain
records on employees requesting or receiving a relocation due to a
hardship, while documenting such determinations to otherwise comply
with mandates and Executive Orders. Other purposes for the use of this
system are to monitor, process, track and report the processing of
approved requests; to locate individuals for personnel research, and to
document security violations and supervisory actions taken.
Additionally, these records may be used to help streamline and make
more efficient the investigations and adjudications processes, while
ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including
confidentiality requirements protecting the information individuals
submit in support of their hardship reassignment request.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
HUD employees.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Name, home address, email address, home telephone numbers, office
telephone numbers, work address, employment status, history, salary
employee location, grade preference, family information such as medical
records to include disability information.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
HUD Employees.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
A. To a congressional office from the record of an individual, in
response to an inquiry from the congressional office made at the
request of that individual.
B. To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when: (1) HUD
suspects or has confirmed that there has been a breach of the system of
records; (2) HUD has determined that as a result of the suspected or
confirmed breach there is a risk of harm to individuals, HUD (including
its information systems, program and operations), the Federal
Government, or national security; and (3) The disclosure made to such
agencies, entities, and persons is reasonably necessary to assist in
connection with HUD's efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed
breach or to prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm.
C. To another Federal agency or Federal entity, when HUD determines
that information from this system of records is reasonably necessary to
assist the recipient agency or entity in (1)
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responding to suspected or confirmed breach, or (2) preventing,
minimizing, or remedying the risk of harm to individuals, the recipient
agency or entity (including its information systems, programs, and
operations), the Federal Government, or national security, resulting
from a suspected or confirmed breach.
D. To appropriate Federal, State, local, tribal, or other
governmental agencies or multilateral governmental organizations
responsible for investigating or prosecuting the violations of, or for
enforcing or implementing, a statute, rule, regulation, order, or
license, where HUD determines that the information would assist in the
enforcement of civil or criminal laws and when such records, either
alone or in conjunction with other information, indicate a violation or
potential violation of law.
E. To any component of the Department of Justice or other Federal
agency conducting litigation or in proceedings before any court,
adjudicative, or administrative body, when HUD determines that the use
of such records is relevant and necessary to the litigation and when
any of the following is a party to the litigation or have an interest
in such litigation: (1) HUD, or any component thereof; or (2) any HUD
employee in his or her official capacity; or (3) any HUD employee in
his or her individual capacity where the Department of Justice or
agency conducting the litigation has agreed to represent the employee;
or (4) the United States, or any agency thereof, where HUD determines
that litigation is likely to affect HUD or any of its components.
F. To officials of labor organizations recognized under the Civil
Service Reform Act when relevant and necessary to their duties of
exclusive representation concerning personnel policies, practices, and
matters affecting work conditions.
G. To the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Merit Systems
Protection Board (and its office of the Special Counsel), the Federal
Labor Relations Authority (and its General Counsel), or the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission when requested in performance of
their authorized duties of exclusive representation concerning
personnel policies, practices, and matters affecting work conditions.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
Electronic Records and Paper records.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
Records are retrievable by Full name.
POLICIES AND PRACTICIES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
Destroy upon verification of successful creation of the final
document or file, or when no longer needed for business use, whichever
is later. NARA records schedule citation: DAA-GSR-2017-0003-0002
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
For Paper Records: Comprehensive paper records are kept in locked
metal file cabinets in locked rooms in HUD Headquarters, in the
Reasonable Accommodations Branch, which is the office responsible for
the Hardship Reassignment. Access to these records is limited to only
those persons who have a need for them in the performance of their
official duties. All physical access to the building where the system
of records is maintained is controlled and monitored by security
personnel who perform security checks on a routine basis.
For Electronic Records: Comprehensive electronic records are
maintained and stored in an electronic encryption database system.
These records can only be accessed based off the user's rights and
privileges to the system. Electronic records are stored on the Shared
Drive under P209 HUD LAN File Server environment, which runs on the
Department's network. This environment complies with the security and
privacy controls and procedures as described in the Federal Information
Security Management Act (FISMA), National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) Special Publications, and Federal; Information
Processing Standards (FIPS). A valid HSPD-12 ID Credential, access to
HUD's LAN, a valid UserID and Password and a Personalized
Identification Number (PIN) is required to access the Hardship
Reassignment Program. These records are restricted to only those
persons with a role in the Reasonable Accommodations Branch, having a
need to access them in the performance of their official duties.
For Electronic Records (cloud based): Comprehensive electronic
records are secured and maintained on a cloud-based software server and
operating system that resides in Federal Risk and Authorization
Management Program (FedRAMP) and Federal Information Security
Management Act (FISMA) Moderate dedicated hosting environment. All data
located in the cloud-based server is firewalled and encrypted at rest
and in transit. The security mechanisms for handing data at rest and in
transit are in accordance with HUD encryption standards.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Individuals seeking to determine whether this System of Records
contains information on themselves should address written inquiries to
the Department of Housing Urban and Development, 451 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC. For verification, individuals should provide full name,
current address, and telephone number. In addition, the requester must
provide either a notarized statement or an unsworn declaration made
under 24 CFR 16.4 in the following format:
If executed outside the United States: ``I declare (or certify,
verify, or state) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United
States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on
(date). (Signature).'' If executed within the United States, its
territories, possessions, or commonwealths: ``I declare (or certify,
verify, or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true
and correct. Executed on (date). (Signature).'' More information
regarding HUD's procedures for accessing records in accordance with the
Privacy Act can be found at 24 CFR 16.4, ``Protection of Privacy and
Access to Individual Records Under the Privacy Act of 1974.''
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
The HUD rule for accessing, contesting, and appealing agency
determinations by the individual concerned are published in 24 CFR part
16.8 or may be obtained from the system manager.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
Individuals seeking to determine whether information about
themselves is contained in this system should address written inquiries
to the Department of Housing Urban Development Office of the Chief
Human Capital Officer, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410-0001.
For verification purposes, individuals should provide full name, office
or organization where currently assigned, if applicable, and current
address and telephone number. In addition, the requester must provide
either a notarized statement or an unsworn declaration made in
accordance with 24 CFR part 16, in the following format:
If executed outside the United States: ``I declare (or certify,
verify, or state) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United
States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. executed on
(Date). (Signature).''
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If executed within the United States, its territories, possessions,
or commonwealths: ``I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under
penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. executed on
(Date). (Signature).''
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
N/A.
HISTORY:
N/A.
LaDonne White,
Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-04829 Filed 3-8-23; 8:45 am]
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