Department of Justice April 11, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the United States Department of Justice (``DOJ'' or ``Department'') Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposes to modify JUSTICE/DEA-008, ``Investigative Reporting and Filing System'' (``IRFS''). IRFS was last published in its entirety in the Federal Register at 61 FR 54219, Oct. 17, 1996. The Department proposes to modify IRFS to update, add to, and/or clarify the system location, the categories of individuals covered by the system, the categories of records in the system, the authorities for the maintenance of the system, the purposes of the system, the system's routine uses, the policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of records in the system, the system manager, the notification procedures, the record access procedures, the contesting record procedures, the record source categories, and the exemptions claimed for the system. These changes are made in the wake of legislative changes, to improve mandated cooperation between law enforcement and intelligence entities, and to reflect the modernization of DEA's information systems.