Office of the Secretary December 11, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Privacy Act of 1974; Science & Technology Directorate-002 Personnel Radiation Exposure Records System of Records
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 and as part of the Department of Homeland Security's ongoing effort to review and update legacy system of records notices, the Department of Homeland Security is giving notice that it proposes to update and reissue the following legacy record system as it related specifically to Department of Homeland Security/Directorate of Science & Technology activities, DOE- 35 Personnel Radiation Exposure Records as a Department of Homeland Security system of records notice titled, Personnel Radiation Exposure Records. To the extent the Department of Energy continues to use this SORN, the Department of Homeland Security is not changing the SORN for the Department of Energy. Categories of individuals and categories of records have been reviewed and updated, and the routine uses of this legacy system of records notice have been updated to better reflect the Department of Homeland Security/Directorate of Science & Technology personnel radiation exposure record system. This new system will be included in the Department of Homeland Security's inventory of record systems.
Privacy Act of 1974; United States Coast Guard-007 Exceptional Family Member Program Records System of Records
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.
Privacy Act of 1974; United States Coast Guard--015 Legal Assistance Case Files System of Records
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, and as part of the Department of Homeland Security's ongoing effort to review and update legacy systems 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 511 Legal Assistance Case Files System, April 11, 2000, as a Department of Homeland Security system of records notice titled, United States Coast Guard Legal Assistance Case Files. This system will permit the United States Coast Guard to facilitate the provision of legal assistance to eligible clients seeking personal legal assistance. Categories of individuals and categories of records have been reviewed, and the routine uses of this legacy system of records notice have been updated to better reflect the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Coast Guard's legal assistance case files record system. This new system will be included in the Department of Homeland Security's inventory of record systems.
Privacy Act of 1974; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement-009 External Investigations System of Records
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.
Privacy Act of 1974: Implementation of Exemptions; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement External Investigations
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 United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) External Investigations 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 exemptions for the legacy system of records notices will continue to be applicable until the final rule for this SORN has been completed.
Privacy Act of 1974: Implementation of Exemptions; United States Coast Guard Notice of Arrival and Departure System
The Department of Homeland Security is proposing to amend its regulations to exempt portions of a system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act. Specifically, the Department proposes to exempt portions of the United States Coast Guard Notice of Arrival and Departure System from one or more provisions of the Privacy Act because of criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement requirements.
Privacy Act of 1974; USCIS-004 Verification Information System (VIS) System of Records Notice
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).
Privacy Act of 1974; United States Coast Guard-029 Notice of Arrival and Departure System of Records Notice
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Coast Guard (USCG) gives notice that it is establishing a system of records for retaining certain biographical information on all passenger and crew members on board U.S. and foreign vessels bound for or departing from ports or places in the United States. The system of records is for the collection and processing of Notice of Arrival and Departure (NOAD) information pursuant to 33 CFR part 160, subpart C. This information is maintained within the Ship Arrival Notification System (SANS) as well as other USCG systems used for screening and vetting of vessels, vessel crews and passengers. USCG is publishing a system of records notice (SORN) in order to permit the traveling public greater access to individual information and a more comprehensive understanding of how and where information pertaining to them is collected and maintained. Elsewhere in today's Federal Register, DHS has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to exempt this SORN from certain provisions of the Privacy Act.
Civil Monetary Penalties; Adjustment for Inflation
This final rule is being issued to adjust each civil monetary penalty provided by law within the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce (the Department). The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, required the head of each agency to adjust its civil monetary penalties (CMP) for inflation no later than October 23, 1996, and requires them to make adjustments at least once every four years thereafter. These inflation adjustments will apply only to violations that occur after the effective date of this rule.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
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).
Privacy Act of 1974; Consolidation of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Background Check Service System of Records
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security is giving notice that it proposes to consolidate one Privacy Act system of records notice, Justice/INS-024 FD-258 Fingerprint Tracking System, July 31, 2000, into the existing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services system of records notice titled DHS-USCIS-002 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Background Check Service, January 5, 2007.
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