Department of Homeland Security October 31, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This document provides notice that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') has issued a final determination concerning the country of origin of certain walkers which may be offered to the United States Government under a government procurement contract. Based upon the facts presented, in the final determination CBP concluded that Hong Kong is the country of origin of the walkers for purposes of U.S. Government procurement.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 the Department of Homeland Security is issuing a system of records notice for the Department's Drug Free Workplace Records. This record system will allow the Department of Homeland Security to collect maintain information gathered by and in the possession of Department of Homeland Security Drug Free Workplace Program Officials, used in the course of their duties in verifying positive test results for illegal use of controlled substance, and possession, distribution, or trafficking of controlled substances. This new system will be included in the Department's inventory of record systems.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security proposes to establish a new system of records titled U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Trade Transparency Analysis and Research (TTAR). TTAR contains trade and financial data that is analyzed to generate leads for and otherwise support ICE investigations of trade-based money laundering, contraband smuggling, trade fraud and other financial crimes. The data in TTAR is generally maintained in the ICE Data Analysis and Research Trade Transparency System (DARTTS), a software application and data repository that conducts analysis of trade and financial data to identify statistically anomalous transactions that may warrant investigation for money laundering or other import-export crimes. Additionally, a Privacy Impact Assessment for DARTTS will be posted on the Department's privacy Web site. (See https://www.dhs.gov/privacy and follow the link to ``Privacy Impact Assessments.'') Due to urgent homeland security and law enforcement mission needs, DARTTS is currently in operation. Recognizing that ICE is publishing a notice of system of records for an existing system, ICE will carefully consider public comments, apply appropriate revisions, and republish the TTAR notice of system of records within 180 days of receipt of comments. A proposed rulemaking is also published in this issue of the Federal Register in which the Department proposes to exempt portions of this system of records from one or more provisions of the Privacy Act because of criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement requirements.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is giving concurrent notice of a revised and updated system of records pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 for the Department of Homeland Security/United States Coast Guard Courts Martial Records System of Records and this proposed rulemaking. In this proposed rulemaking, the Department proposes to exempt portions of the system of records from one or more provisions of the Privacy Act because of criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement requirements.

The Privacy Office of the Department of Homeland Security is making available eleven (11) Privacy Impact Assessments on various programs and systems in the Department. These assessments were approved and published on the Privacy Office's Web site between April 1, 2008 and June 30, 2008.