Office of the Secretary 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, via teleconference. The meeting will be open to the public.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Transportation proposes to update and reissue a current Department of Transportation system of records titled, ``Department of Transportation/Office of the SecretaryDOT/OST 102Aviation Consumer Complaint Application Online System of Records.'' This system of records allows the Department of Transportation/Office of the Secretary to collect and maintain records on service-related consumer complaints, inquiries, opinions, and compliments regarding air carriers or air travel companies. The records and information collected and maintained in this system are used to verify compliance with Department's aviation consumer protection requirements. The system receives and is used to process informal complaints regarding aviation consumer issues. The Aviation Consumer Complaint Application Online System of Records utilizes the Department's electronic case management and tracking system to generate reports. It also allows the Department to manage information provided during the course of its investigations and, in the process, to facilitate its management of investigations and investigative resources. Through this system, the Department can enter, update, review, analyze, and manage information regarding case projects and enforcement elements in addition to the ability to run a variety of reports to better manage tracking current and expiring cases. Furthermore, it allows DOT employees to track actions taken to resolve violations, provide a system for creating and reporting statistical information, and tracking government property and other resources used in investigative activities. This system of records notice has been updated within the system location, system manager, categories of records in the system, record source categories, routine uses, storage, retrievability, retention and disposal, safeguards, notification procedures, exemptions, and history. Additionally, the Department of Transportation is issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to exempt this system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act, elsewhere in the Federal Register. Furthermore, this notice includes non-substantive changes to simplify the formatting and text of the previously published notice. It also updates the SORN to reflect changes in the heading names and order as required by the reissuance of Circular A-108 by the Office of Management and Budget. This updated system will be included in the Department of Transportation's inventory of record systems.

This final rule is being issued to adjust for inflation each civil monetary penalty (CMP) provided by law within the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Commerce (Department of Commerce). The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 and the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, required the head of each agency to adjust for inflation its CMP levels in effect as of November 2, 2015, under a revised methodology that was effective for 2016 which provided for initial catch up adjustments for inflation in 2016, and requires adjustments for inflation to CMPs under a revised methodology for each year thereafter. The 2018 adjustments for inflation to CMPs to the Department of Commerce's CMPs were published in the Federal Register on January 8, 2018, and became effective January 15, 2018. The annual methodology provides for the improvement of the effectiveness of CMPs and to maintain their deterrent effect. Agencies' annual adjustments for inflation to CMPs shall take effect not later than January 15. The Department of Commerce's 2019 adjustments for inflation to CMPs apply only to CMPs with a dollar amount, and will not apply to CMPs written as functions of violations. The Department of Commerce's 2019 adjustments for inflation to CMPs apply only to those CMPs, including those whose associated violation predated such adjustment, which are assessed by the Department of Commerce after the effective date of the new CMP level.

The Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Defense Education Program is a Department of Defense (DoD) scholarship for service program that was established in 2005 as a means to recruit and retain civilian scientists and engineers working at DoD laboratories and facilities. The initial pilot program was made permanent by Congress in 2006. From 2005 to 2017, the SMART program has awarded 2,386 scholarships across 19 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines (identified by DoD as critical workforce needs) and placed scholars from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico at 162 DoD laboratories and facilities. This notice informs the public that applicants are solicited annually to participate in the SMART Program.

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.

Findings of research misconduct have been made against Srikanth Santhanam, Ph.D. (Respondent), staff scientist in the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL). Dr. Santhanam engaged in research misconduct in research supported by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grants R01 DK109384, R03 DK100737, P30 DK052574, and T32 DK077653; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, grants R01 AI126587 and U01 AI1095776; and National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, grants R21 CA206039 and P30 CA091842. The administrative actions, including supervision for a period of two (2) years, were implemented beginning on December 14, 2018, and are detailed below.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the U.S. Department of Transportation proposes to reissue, with updates, a system of records, ``Department of Transportation/OST-008 Departmental Advisory Committee Files.'' This system of records allows the Department to collect and maintain records submitted to the Department by or in connection with applicants for members on a Department of Transportation advisory committees to enable the Department to make decisions about committee membership and manage committees. The Department also consolidating an existing system of records notice, ``DOT/RSPA 08, Technical Pipeline Safety Committees for Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquids'' with this system and rescinding the notice for DOT/ RSPA 08.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) proposes to establish a new system of records entitled ``Electronic Security System (ESS), K890.28'' to control physical access to DISA Headquarters. DISA, as a classified collateral open storage area, has security responsibilities mandated by DoD Manual 5200.01, volume 3, DoD Information Security Program: Protection of Classified Information. This includes the use of an integrated electronic access control system. The system identifies and verifies individuals through the use of data registered into the access control system from an individual's Common Access Card (CAC). The system tracks the entry/exit times of personnel who enter/exit the DISA Headquarters Complex and some rooms within the complex.

This final rule removes DoD's regulation which contains internal policy regarding criteria and training requirements for satisfactory participation by members of the Reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces, and uniform DoD policy for training members of such Reserve components who may be temporarily residing in sovereign foreign nations. This part is internal, has not been updated since 1979, and is obsolete. Current internal procedures will continue to be maintained and updated in a DoD issuance.

This proposed rule would adopt a modification to the requirements for the use of the Telecommunication Standard Implementation Guide, Version D, Release 0 (Version D.0), August 2007, National Council for Prescription Drug Programs by requiring covered entities to use the Quantity Prescribed (460-ET) field for retail pharmacy transactions for Schedule II drugs. The modification would enable covered entities to clearly distinguish whether a prescription is a ``partial fill,'' where less than the full amount prescribed is dispensed, or a refill, in the HIPAA retail pharmacy transactions. We believe this modification is important to ensure information is available to help prevent impermissible refills of Schedule II drugs, which would help to address the public health concerns associated with prescription drug abuse in the United States.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and Training (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, ``H-2B Foreign Labor Certification Program,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. Public comments on the ICR are invited.

This final rule removes the Department of Defense (DoD) regulation concerning compensation of certain former operatives incarcerated by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The content of this part is obsolete as the claim period expired and the Vietnam Commandos Compensation Commission was disbanded. Therefore, this part is unnecessary, and can be removed.

The Secretary is amending the February 27, 2015, Declaration issued pursuant to the Public Health Service Act, amended December 9, 2015 and December 2, 2016, to update the term ``Ebola Virus Disease'' to ``Ebola disease'' (EBOD) throughout the declaration and to clarify the definition of EBOD. The amendment also expands the Covered Countermeasures beyond the single therapeutic listed in prior declarations but limit coverage to Covered Countermeasures that are directly supported by the United States (U.S.) Federal Government, consistent with the terms of the Declaration, and is republishing the Declaration in its entirety as amended.

The Department of Interior (Department) extends the comment period for its December 28, 2018, notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) concerning the regulations the Department follows in processing records under the Freedom of Information Act. Due to a technical glitch on www.regulations.gov in mid-January, the Department believes it is appropriate to extend the comment period an additional day to ensure interested parties have the full 30 days to submit their responses to the NPRM. Therefore, the Department extends the deadline for the submission of comments from January 28, 2019, to January 29, 2019.