Office of the Secretary October 31, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces the appointment of the members of the Performance Review Board (PRB) of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS). The publication of PRB membership is required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(C)(4). The Performance Review Board (PRB) provides fair and impartial review of Senior Executive Service performance appraisals and makes recommendations regarding performance ratings and performance scores to the Director, DFAS.

This notice describes the changes made to the TRICARE DRG- Based Payment System in order to conform to changes made to the Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS). It also provides the updated fixed loss cost outlier threshold, cost-to-charge ratios, and the Internet address for accessing the updated adjusted standardized amount and DRG relative weights to be used for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 under the TRICARE DRG-Based Payment System.

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.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, and as part of the Department of Homeland Security ongoing effort to review and update legacy system of record notices the Department of Homeland Security is giving notice that it proposes to consolidate two legacy record systems: DOT/CG 507 Coast Guard Supplement to the Manual of Courts Martial Investigations and DOT/CG 510 Records of Trial: Special, General and Summary Courts Martial into a Department of Homeland Security system of records notice titled, United States Coast Guard Courts Martial Case Files. This system will be used by the United States Coast Guard to collect and maintain records on military and civilian employees of the United States Coast Guard who are tried by, or involved with, court martial in the United States Coast Guard. 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 Department of Homeland Security/United States Coast Guard's courts martial record systems. Concurrent with this publication, the Department of Homeland Security is publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking to exempt this system from certain aspects of the Privacy Act. This system will be included in the Department's inventory of record systems.