[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 212 (Friday, November 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66609-66610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27820]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No.: 021023248-2248-01]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Office of Administration, Office of the Secretary, Department 
of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e) (4) and 
(11)), the Department of Commerce is issuing notice of our intent to 
amend the system of records entitled Commerce/Census-4, ``Minority-
Owned Business Enterprises Survey Records.'' We invite public comment 
on the proposed change in this publication.

DATES: The amendments will become effective as proposed without further 
notice on December 2, 2002.
    Comment Date: To be considered, written comments must be submitted 
on or before December 2, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Gerald W. Gates, Chief, Policy 
Office, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The amendment updates administrative 
information concerning the locations of the system files, the 
categories of individuals covered by the system, the categories of 
records in the system, the purpose of the system of records, 
safeguards, and the disposal of the records in the system in addition 
to other minor administrative updates. Accordingly, the Minority-Owned 
Business Enterprises Survey Records system notice originally published 
at 45 FR 82105, December 12, 1980, is amended by the addition of the 
following information updates.
Commerce/Census-4

Title:
    Add ``Women-and'' before Minority-Owned.

System Location:
    After the last zip code add: ``Bureau of the Census, Bowie Computer 
Center, 17101 Melford Boulevard, Bowie, Maryland 20715; Bureau of the 
Census, National Processing Center, 1201 East 10th Street, 
Jeffersonville, Indiana 47132.''

Categories of individuals covered by the system:
    Strike ``Female and minority'' and insert ``Ethnicity, race, and 
gender of''.

Categories of records in the system:
    After ``race,'' insert ``ethnicity,'' and after ``geographic 
area,'' insert ``place of birth, and''. Strike ``Name and social 
security number are deleted from partners and stockholders once other 
data are coded.'' Strike ``of minority business enterprises.''.

Authority for maintenance of the system:*
Purpose(s):
    Add ``The purpose of this system of records is to conduct research 
on the methodology associated with various aspects of surveys, such as 
data quality checks and review during post data collection processing 
because of an unusual inconsistency or other data problem.''

Routine uses of records maintained in the system*
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, 
and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
    After ``tape'' add: ``and CD-ROM.''

Retrievability:
    Delete ``Filed'' and insert ``Retrieved''.

Safeguards:
    After the last sentence add: ``Computer systems processing 
sensitive information meet the basic security requirements for 
discretionary access control as defined by DOD 5200.28 STD, commonly 
referred to as C2-level security. This level of security controls 
through use of specific security features, access to information such 
that only properly authorized individuals, or processes operating on 
their behalf, will have access to read, write, create, or delete 
information.''

Retention and disposal:
    Delete ``unit's Records Control Schedule'' and insert ``Census 
Bureau's records schedule approved by the National Archives and Records 
Administration''.

Systems manager(s) and address:
    Strike ``Administration'' and insert ``Economic Programs''.

Systems exempted from certain provisions of the Act:
    Insert ``system of'' between ``this'' and ``record'' in the first 
sentence and change ``record'' to ``records''.
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    * Indicates that there are no changes to that paragraph of the 
notice.

    Dated: October 29, 2002.
Brenda Dolan,
Department of Commerce, Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-27820 Filed 10-31-02; 8:45 am]
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