Department of Homeland Security December 11, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, and as part of the Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office's ongoing effort to review and update legacy system of record notices the Department of Homeland Security is giving notice that it proposes to update and reissue the following legacy record system, DOT/CG 641 Coast Guard Special Needs Program as a Department of Homeland Security system of records notice titled, United States Coast Guard Exceptional Family Member Program. This system will allow the Department of Homeland Security/United States Coast Guard to collect and maintain records on civilian, active duty, reserve, retired active duty and retired reserve military personnel, and their eligible dependents identified as exceptional family members. Categories of individuals, categories of records, and the routine uses of this legacy system of records notice have been reviewed and updated to better reflect the Department of Homeland Security/United States Coast Guard's exceptional family member record system. This new system will be included in the Department of Homeland Security's inventory of record systems.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security is giving notice that it proposes to consolidate two legacy record systems originally published by the legacy Customs Service: Treasury/CS.129 Investigations Record System, October 18, 2001, and Treasury/CS.285 Automated Index to Central Investigative Files, October 18, 2001, into a Immigration and Customs Enforcement system of records notice titled External Investigations. In addition, DHS will now cover those Immigration and Customs Enforcement records previously covered by the Treasury/CS.244 Treasury Enforcement Communications System with this new system of records. Categories of individuals, categories of records, and the routine uses of these legacy system of records notices have been consolidated and updated to better reflect the law enforcement investigatory records maintained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Additionally, DHS is issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) concurrent with this SORN elsewhere in the Federal Register. The exemptions for the legacy system of records notices will continue to be applicable until the final rule for this SORN has been completed This system will be included in the Department's inventory of record systems.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) and Analysis to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requesting an extension of its approval for the following collection of information: 1625-0048, Vessel Reporting Requirements. Before submitting this ICR to OMB, the Coast Guard is inviting comments as described below.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is republishing the Privacy Act system of records notice (SORN) for the Verification and Information System (VIS) replacing the previously published SORN of February 28, 2008 in order to: (1) Cover the expansion of VIS to collect and verify United States (U.S.) Passports and Passport Cards from E-Verify users, (2) describe the expansion of the scope of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) to include verification of citizenship and immigration status for any DHS lawful purpose, not just for government benefit granting purposes as described in previous PIAs, (3) cover the expansion of VIS to collect applications from victims of identity theft who would like to lock their Social Security Number (SSN) from further use in E-Verify, and (4) describe the expansion of the scope of E-Verify to indicate that it is no longer solely voluntary in some cases and no longer solely for new employees. These changes are more thoroughly spelled out in an accompanying Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) which can be found on the DHS Privacy Web site (http:/ /www.dhs.gov/privacy).

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security is giving notice that it will remove one system of records notice from its inventory of record systems because the United States Coast Guard no longer requires the system. The obsolete system is DOT/CG 632 Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card Record System (April 11, 2000).