[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 131 (Monday, July 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39719-39720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13580]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau

[Docket No.: 050617160-5160-01]


Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records

AGENCY: Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Amendment of Privacy System of Records: COMMERCE/
CENSUS-5, Population and Housing Census Records of the 2000 Census.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11), the Department of Commerce is issuing 
notice of intent to amend the system of records under COMMERCE/CENSUS-
5, Population and Housing Census Records of the 2000 Census; update 
administrative information.

DATES: To be considered, written comments must be submitted on or 
before August 10, 2005. Unless comments are received, the amendments to 
the system of records will become effective as proposed on the date of 
publication of a subsequent notice in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerald W. Gates, Chief Privacy 
Officer, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233, 301-763-2515.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Title 13 U.S.C, Section 141, the 
U.S. Census Bureau has conducted the 2000 Census. 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, retrievability, safeguards, and the disposal of the records in 
the system in addition to other minor administrative updates. 
Accordingly, the Population and Housing Census Records of the 1960 and 
Subsequent Censuses system notice originally published at 45 FR 82105, 
December 12, 1980, is amended by the addition of the following updates.
    The Department of Commerce finds no probable or potential effect of 
the proposal on the privacy of individuals. Respondent data including 
personally identifying data are captured as images suitable for 
computer processing. Images are scheduled for permanent retention. 
Original data sources are destroyed, according to the disposal 
procedures for Title 13 (``census confidential'') records, after 
confirmation of successful data capture and data transmission to 
headquarters. The Individual Census Record File (ICRF) represents a 
unified record of individual responses, including all names and other 
written entries provided by the respondent, and all associated address 
and geographic information for each housing unit or person living in 
group quarters. The ICRF is scheduled for permanent retention. This 
notice is not subject to the notice and comment requirements of the 
Administrative Procedure Act. 5 U.S.C. Section 553(a)(2). This notice 
is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
COMMERCE/CENSUS-5

System Name:
    Insert `` Including Preliminary Statistics for the 2010 Decennial 
Census'' after ``2000 Census.''

Security Classification:
    None.

System Location: *
Categories of Individuals Covered by the System:
    After ``in 2000.'' remove ``.'' add ``, subsequent Test Censuses, 
and the 2004 Overseas Enumeration Test. Participation in decennial 
censuses and test censuses is mandatory.''

Categories of Records in the System:
    After ``All,'' add ``Census 2000''; after ``tenure.'' add ``For 
Census 2000,''; after ``care-givers;'' add ``place of work and journey 
to work;'' After ``farm residence);'' add ``vehicles available;''; 
After ``voluntary.'' insert the following text: ``Test census records 
may contain the following items: name, address,

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telephone number, age, sex relationship, race, Hispanic origin, housing 
tenure, number of persons in the household, number of persons in the 
household not permanent residents, and whether residents sometimes live 
somewhere else. Records for the 2004 Overseas Enumeration Test, which 
include U.S. citizens living in France, Kuwait, and Mexico, may contain 
for every person in the household the following items: name, 
relationship to others in the household, age, sex, race, and Hispanic 
origin. Additionally, they also may contain citizenship, stateside 
address, social security number, passport number, and the person's 
primary activity. Records for the respondent answering for the 
household also may include foreign address and telephone number for the 
household residence and the number of persons living in the residence 
as of April 1, 2004.''

Authority for Maintenance of the System:
    After 13 U.S.C. 141 add ``and 193.''

Purpose(s):
    Delete and replace with the following language:
    ``The Census 2000 records are maintained to undertake 
methodological evaluations leading to an improved 2010 census, and to 
undertake linkages with survey and administrative data for statistical 
projects authorized by the Census Bureau. Also, the records in this 
system of records are used to provide official census transcripts of 
the results to the named person(s), their heirs, or legal 
representatives, as authorized by Title 13, U.S.C., section 8, and 
described in the system of records notice Commerce/Census-6. These 
records also are provided to the National Archives and Records 
Administration as authorized by Title 44, Chapter 33. The purposes of 
maintaining the records for the Test Censuses are to evaluate 
methodologies for data collection and coverage for subsequent decennial 
censuses. The purpose of maintaining the 2004 Overseas Enumeration Test 
records is to evaluate the feasibility of enumerating American citizens 
in the 2010 decennial census residing overseas.''

Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories 
of Users and the Purposes of Such Uses:
    After ``Sections'' delete ``8,''

Policies and Practices for Storing, Retrieving, Accessing, Retaining, 
and Disposing of Records in the System:
Storage: *
Retrievability: *
Safeguards: *
Retention and Disposal:
    Add ``For Census 2000,'' before respondent data; after ``The ICRF 
is scheduled for permanent retention.'' add ``Test census data 
collection, data capture, and data processing records are destroyed 
when two years old or when no longer needed for program or evaluation 
purposes, whichever is later.
    All individually-identifiable data files for information collected 
in France, Kuwait, and Mexico will be destroyed within 12 months of the 
close of data collection.''

System Manager(s) and Address: *
Notification Procedure: *
Records Access Procedures: *
Contesting Records Procedures: *
Records Source Categories: *
Exemptions Claimed for the System:
    After ``identifiable individual.'' add ``This exemption is made in 
accordance with the Department's rules which appear in 15 CFR part 4 
subpart B.''

    * Indicates that there are no changes to that paragraph of the 
notice.

    Dated: July 5, 2005.
Brenda Dolan,
Departmental Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Officer.
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