[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20848-20849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9646]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; System of Records

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of alteration of a system of records.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, gives 
notice of a proposed revision to the system of records entitled 
``Security Clearance Files-Treasury/IRS 34.016,'' which is subject to 
the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a.

DATES: This notice will be adopted without further publication in the 
Federal Register on April 18, 2000, unless modified by a subsequent 
notice to incorporate comments received from the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Anderson, Program Analyst, 
Personnel Security Office A:PS:PSO, Internal Revenue Service, 1111 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 4244, Washington, DC 20224, telephone 
(202) 622-9245.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 10, 1999, Delegation Order #133, 
as revised, authorized the Chief, Management and Finance to process 
security clearances for IRS personnel in critical sensitive or 
noncritical sensitive positions or assignments. This authority can be 
re-delegated no lower than the Personnel Security Officer. The security 
clearance information (i.e., grants, cancellations, and denials) is 
maintained by the Chief, Agencywide Shared Services, within the IRS 
Personnel Security Office.
    The purpose of the alteration is to bring the notice pertaining to 
Security Clearance Files-Treasury/IRS 34.016 into compliance with the 
Privacy Act by making changes which reflect the transfer of 
responsibility for the system. The alterations include: A change to 
``System location,'' ``Retrievability,'' ``Safeguards,'' ``System 
manager,'' and ``Record access procedures.'' In addition, the Privacy 
Act notice data element ``Purpose'' is being added to the notice to 
conform to the requirements of the Act. The system notice was last 
published in its entirety in the Federal Register, Vol 63, page 69869, 
on December 17, 1998.
    The changes to the system of records are not within the purview of 
subsection (r) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, which requires 
the submission of a new or altered system report. For the reasons set 
forth in this preamble, the IRS proposes to amend its system of records 
Treasury/IRS 34.016.

    Dated: April 10, 2000.
Shelia Y. McCann,
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration).
Treasury/IRS 34.016

System name:
    Security Clearance Files--Treasury/IRS.

System location:
    Description of change: Replace the current statement with the 
following: ``Internal Revenue Service, Personnel Security Office, 1111 
Constitution

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Avenue, NW, Room 4244, Washington, DC 20224.''
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    Description of change: Immediately preceding the heading ``Routine 
Uses of Records Maintained in the System Including Categories of Users 
and the Purposes of Such Uses,'' insert the following entry:

Purpose:
    This system of records documents issuances, transfers, and 
cancellations of security clearances issued to Internal Revenue Service 
employees in critical sensitive and noncritical sensitive positions.''
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Retrievability:
    Description of change: Replace the current statement with the 
following: ``Indexed by name or social security number.''

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, and 
the Manager's Security Handbook, IRM 1(16)12. Records are stored in 
locked file cabinets and computerized records are password protected.''
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System manager(s) and address:
    Description of change: Replace the current statement with the 
following: ``Official prescribing policies and practices--Chief, 
Agencywide Shared Services, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, 
DC 20224. Official maintaining the system and records--Personnel 
Security Officer, A:PS:PSO, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 4244, 
Washington, DC 20224.''
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Record access precdures:
    Description of change: Replace the current statement 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 Personnel Security Officer, 
A:PS:PSO, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 4244, Washington, DC 
20224.''
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[FR Doc. 00-9646 Filed 4-17-00; 8:45 am]
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