[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 63919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27415]



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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 alterations to an existing Privacy Act system of 
records.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, gives 
notice of proposed alterations to Treasury/IRS 00.333--Third Party 
Contact Records, which is subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 
552A, as amended.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  November 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Harry Manaka, National Director, 
Collection Field Operations, Room 7238, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20224. Telephone number (202) 622-5110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The Internal Revenue Service is removing 
``fact of reprisal determination records'' from the system of records 
Treasury/IRS 00.333--Third Party Contact Records. The reprisal 
determination records will be included in the ``Categories of records'' 
for the proposed new system of records entitled ``Third Party Contact 
Reprisal Records--Treasury/IRS 00.334.'' The change will allow the IRS 
to withhold the information that there was a reprisal determination 
because there is a proposed (k)(2) exemption for the Third Party 
Contact Reprisal Records. Withholding such information will protect the 
third party contact and others from situations where the taxpayer could 
initiate reprisal by guessing the identity of the third party contact 
or incorrectly identifying somebody the taxpayer believes was the third 
party contact. Also, under the heading ``Retrievability,'' we are 
clarifying that records may be retrieved by taxpayer name control.
    The system notice was last published in its entirety in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 64, page 32095, on June 15, 1999. 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 00.333 as 
set forth below.

    Dated: August 29, 2000.
W. Earl Wright, Jr.,
Chief Management and Administrative Programs Officer.
Treasury/IRS 00.333

System Name:
     Third Party Contact Records--Treasury/IRS.
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Categories of Records in the System:
    Description of Change: Delete ``fact of reprisal determination''.
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Retrievability: * * *
    Description of Change: After ``By taxpayer identification number 
(social security number or employer identification number)'' insert the 
following: ``and taxpayer name control.''
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[FR Doc. 00-27415 Filed 10-24-00; 8:45 am]
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