[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 15, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 32096-32097] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-15071] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service Privacy Act of 1974; As Amended AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service, Treasury. ACTION: Notice of alteration to Privacy Act system of records notices. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service is altering Treasury/IRS 60.008 and Treasury/IRS 60.011 to reflect changes in the management and location of the systems of records from the Office of the Chief Inspector to the Assistant Commissioner (Support Services). These changes are pursuant to the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998. EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice will be adopted without further publication in the Federal Register on July 15, 1999, unless modified by a subsequent notice to incorporate comments received from the public. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Anderson, Program Analyst, Support Services, Internal Revenue Service, 1401 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 800, Arlington, VA 22209, telephone: (703) 235-0652. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 included specific provisions impacting the Office of the Chief Inspector, Internal Revenue Service. The law provided for the appointment of a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), effective January 19, 1999, who will report directly to the Secretary of the Treasury. The systems of records Treasury/IRS 60.008--Security, Background and Character Investigation Files (NBIC), and Treasury/IRS 60.011-- Internal Security Management Information System (ISMIS), will continue to exist with the IRS since the National Background Investigations Center, which generates such investigations and utilizes the ISMIS database, will remain with the IRS. The NBIC, formerly under the control of the Chief Inspector, will now continue to conduct personnel security investigations under the auspices of the Assistant Commissioner (Support Services). The alteration of the two systems of records will reflect changes to the system numbers, system names, system locations, safeguards, record access procedures, system managers, and will more accurately describe the categories of records in the systems of records. The first system of records, IRS 60.008--Security, Background, and Character Investigation Files, Inspection, will be renumbered and renamed as ``IRS 34.021--Personnel Security Investigations, National Background Investigations Center--Treasury/IRS.'' Language has also been inserted under ``Exemption claimed for the system'' to identify the section under which the exemption is claimed (5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5)). The second system of records, IRS 60.011--Internal Security Management Information System (ISMIS) will be renumbered and renamed as ``IRS 34.022--National Background Investigations Center Management Information System (NBICMIS)--Treasury/IRS.'' The changes to the systems of records are not within the purview of subsection (r) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, which requires the submission of new or altered systems report. For the reasons set forth in this preamble, the IRS proposes to alter the above systems of records. The alterations described above are as follows: Treasury/IRS 34.021 SYSTEM NAME: Description of change: Replace the current title with the following: ``Personnel Security Investigations, National Background Investigations Center--Treasury/IRS.'' [[Page 32097]] SYSTEM LOCATION: Description of change: Replace the current language with the following: ``National Background Investigations Center, P.O. Box 248, Florence, KY 41022-0248.'' * * * * * SAFEGUARDS: Description of change: Replace the current statement with the following: ``Access controls will not be less than those provided by the Automated Information System Security Handbook, IRM 2(10)00. Records will be accessible to National Background Investigations Center personnel on a need-to-know basis, all of whom have been the subject of background investigations. Computerized records are password protected.'' RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: Description of change: Replace the current statement with the following: ``Records are maintained in accordance with IRM Part X, National Background Investigations Center, Exhibit (10)110-2.'' SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: Description of change: Replace the current language with the following: ``Official prescribing policies and practices: Assistant Commissioner, (Support Services). Official maintaining the system: Director, National Background Investigations Center, P.O. Box 248, Florence, KY 41022-0248.'' * * * * * RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: Description of change: Replace the current language with the following: ``Individuals seeking access to this system of records, or seeking to contest its content, may inquire in accordance with instructions appearing at 31 CFR part 1, subpart C, appendix B. Inquiries should be addressed to the IRS National Background Investigations Center, P.O. Box 248, Florence, KY 41022-0248, Attn: Disclosure Specialist.'' * * * * * EXEMPTION CLAIMED FOR SYSTEM: Description of change: Insert the following at the end of the sentence: ``pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5).'' Treasury/IRS 34.022 SYSTEM NAME: Description of change: Replace the current title with the following: ``National Background Investigations Center Management Information System (NBICMIS)--Treasury/IRS.'' SYSTEM LOCATION: Description of change: Replace the current language with the following: ``National Background Investigations Center, P.O. Box 248, Florence, KY 41022-0248.'' CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM: Description of change: Replace the current language with the following: ``Current and former employees of the Internal Revenue Service within the Department of the Treasury, and private contractors at IRS facilities.'' CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: Description of change: Replace the current statement with the following: ``(1) NBICMIS personnel system records contain National Background Investigations Center (NBIC) employee name, office, start of employment, series/grade, title, separation date; (2) NBICMIS tracking records contain status information on investigations from point of initiation through conclusion; (3) NBICMIS timekeeping records contain assigned cases and distribution of time; (4) NBICMIS case tracking records contain background investigations.'' * * * * * PURPOSE(S): Description of change: Remove current statement and add: ``The purpose of NBICMIS is to: (1) Effectively manage NBIC resources and assess the effectiveness of current NBIC programs as well as assist in determining budget and staff requirements. (2) Provide the technical ability for other components of the Service to analyze trends in integrity matters on an organizational, geographic and violation basis.'' * * * * * RETRIEVABILITY: Description of change: Replace the current language with the following: ``By name of individual to whom it applies, social security number, or case number.'' SAFEGUARDS: Description of change: Replace the current language with the following: ``Access is limited to authorized Support Services personnel who have a direct need to know. Hard copy of data is stored in rooms of limited accessibility except to employees. These rooms are locked after business hours. Access to magnetic media is controlled by computer passwords. Access to specific NBICMIS records is further limited by computer security programs limiting access to select personnel.'' * * * * * SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: Description of change: Replace the current language with the following: ``Official prescribing policies and practices: Assistant Commissioner, (Support Services). Official maintaining the system: Director, National Background Investigations Center, P.O. Box 248, Florence, KY 41022-0248.'' RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: Description of change: Replace the current language with the following: ``Individuals seeking access to this system of records, or seeking to contest its content, may inquire in accordance with instructions appearing at 31 CFR part 1, subpart C, appendix B. Inquiries should be addressed to the IRS National Background Investigations Center, P.O. Box 248, Florence, KY 41022-0248, Attn: Disclosure Specialist.'' * * * * * RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: Description of change: Replace the current statement with the following: ``Current and former employees of the Internal Revenue Service.'' * * * * * Date: June 7, 1999. Shelia Y. McCann, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Administration. [FR Doc. 99-15071 Filed 6-14-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4830-01-P