Department of Justice March 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Department of Justice (DOJ), Tax Division, is modifying the following systems of records, ``Tax Division Central Classification Cards, Index Docket Cards, and Associated RecordsCriminal Tax Cases, Justice/TAX- 001,'' previously published in full on February 20, 1998, (63 FR 8659) and amended on March 29, 2001 (66 FR 17200); ``Tax Division Central Classification Cards, Index Docket Cards, and Associated RecordsCivil Tax Cases, Justice/TAX-002,'' previously published in full on February 20, 1998, (63 FR 8659) and amended on March 29, 2001 (66 FR 17200); ``Files of Applications for Attorney with the Tax Division, Justice/ TAX-003,'' previously published on September 30, 1977, (42 FR 53390); and to eliminate the system of records, ``Tax Division Special Projects File, Justice/TAX-005,'' previously published on September 30, 1977 (42 FR 53391). Specifically, the Justice/TAX-001 modifications are intended to change the system name; to disclose additional details as to what data is kept in paper-based files and in electronic-based files; to provide additional details as to how access to confidential taxpayer-related information and tax enforcement-related information is managed; to expand the categories of routine uses; to clarify the policies and practices through which the Justice/TAX-001 records are stored and retrieved; and to reflect the adoption of an electronic timekeeping function for Tax Division staff. The Justice/TAX-002 modifications are intended to change the system name; to disclose additional details as to what data is kept in paper- based files and in electronic-based files; to provide additional details as to how access to confidential taxpayer-related information and tax enforcement-related information is managed; to expand the categories of routine uses; and to reflect the adoption of an electronic timekeeping function for Tax Division staff. The Justice/TAX-003 modifications are intended to change the system name, to include non-attorney applications; to disclose additional details as to what type of applicant information is maintained; and to show how access to applicant information is managed. Exemptions from the Privacy Act are claimed for this system of records and a separate Final Rule is published in today's Federal Register. The deletion of Justice/TAX-005 is intended to eliminate a redundancy: many elements of Justice/TAX-005 system descriptions and the basis for its descriptionscriminal tax enforcementare shared by Justice/TAX-001. Accordingly, the Tax Division believes it is appropriate to add the ``Special Projects'' to the Justice/TAX-001 system name, to incorporate the relevant elements of Justice/TAX-005 into Justice/TAX-001, and to delete Justice/TAX-005 on the effective date of the revised system notice for Justice/TAX-001.

The Department of Justice, Tax Division, is amending 28 CFR part 16 to exempt a newly revised Privacy Act system of records entitled ``Files of Applicants For Attorney and Non-Attorney Positions with the Tax Division, Justice/TAX-003,'' as described in today's notice section of the Federal Register, from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) and (d)(1). The exemptions will be applied only to the extent that information in a record is subject to exemption pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5). The exemptions are necessary to protect the confidentiality of employment records. The Department also is deleting as obsolete provisions exempting two former Tax Division systems of records: ``Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Request Files, Justice/TAX-004;'' and ``Tax Division Special Project Files, Justice/TAX-005.'' The records in TAX-004 are now covered by a Departmentwide system notice, ``Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and Mandatory Declassification Review Requests and Administrative Appeals, DOJ-004''. The relevant records in TAX-005 are now part of the revised system entitled ``Criminal Tax Case Files, Special Project Files, Docket Cards, and Associated Records, Justice/TAX-001.''

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is designating two pharmaceutical preparations as exempt anabolic steroid products under the Controlled Substances Act. This action is part of the ongoing implementation of the Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990.