[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 41 (Thursday, March 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 12959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4980]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[AAG/A Order No. 220-2001]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records; Delay of Effective Date

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This action delays the effective date of the amendments to the 
Privacy Act notice for the National Instant Criminal Background Check 
System (Justice/FBI-018) published on January 22, 2001, at 66 FR 6676.

DATES: The effective date of the amendments to the Privacy Act notice 
for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (Justice/FBI-
018) published on January 22, 2001, at 66 FR 6676, is delayed for 60 
days, from March 5, 2001, until May 4, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary E. Cahill, Management Analyst, 
Management and Planning Staff, Justice Management Division, Department 
of Justice, 1400 National Place Building, Washington, DC 20530.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is delaying the effective 
date of the amendments to the Privacy Act notice published for the 
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (Justice/FBI-018) on 
January 22, 2001, at 66 FR 6676, for 60 days, from March 5, 2001 to a 
new effective date of May 4, 2001. This delay in effective date is 
being done in order to conform with the delayed effective date of the 
final rule entitled ``National Instant Criminal Background Check System 
Regulation'' published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2001, at 
66 FR 6470, which is the basis for the amendments made in the Privacy 
Act notice. In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2001, from 
the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled 
``Regulatory Review Plan,'' published in the Federal Register on 
January 24, 2001 (66 FR 7702), the effective date of the final rule is 
being delayed for 60 days, from March 5, 2001, until May 4, 2001. The 
temporary 60-day delay in effective date is necessary to give 
Department of Justice officials the opportunity for further review and 
consideration of new regulations, consistent with the Assistant to the 
President's memorandum of January 20, 2001. The delay of effective date 
of the final rule entitled ``National Instant Criminal Background Check 
Regulation'' is published in the Rules section of this issue of the 
Federal Register.

    Dated: February 13, 2001.
Stephen R. Colgate,
Assistant Attorney General for Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-4980 Filed 2-28-01; 8:45 am]
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