[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 71189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23241]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Departmental Offices; Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of alteration of Privacy Act system of records.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, Office of the Treasury 
Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), gives notice of a 
proposed alteration to the system of records entitled ``Treasury/DO 
.311-TIGTA Office of Investigations Files,'' which is subject to the 
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a). The system was last 
published in its entirety in the Federal Register on May 22, 2003, at 
68 FR 28046.

DATES: Comments must be received no later than December 27, 2005. The 
proposed routine use will be effective January 4, 2006, unless the 
Department receives comments that would result in a contrary 
determination.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Elissa Sissman, Assistant Chief 
Counsel, Office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration, 1125 15th Street, NW., Room 700A, Washington, DC 20005, 
202-622-4068. Comments will be made available for inspection upon 
written request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elissa Sissman, Assistant Chief 
Counsel, Office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration, 1125 15th Street, NW., Room 700A, Washington, DC 20005, 
202-622-4068.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration (TIGTA) was established pursuant to the Internal Revenue 
Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998. TIGTA's duties and 
operating authority are set forth in the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
5 U.S.C app. 3. TIGTA exercises all duties and responsibilities of an 
Inspector General with respect to the Department and the Secretary on 
all matters relating to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). TIGTA 
conducts, supervises, and coordinates audits and investigations 
relating to the programs and operations of the IRS and related 
entities.
    An integral part of TIGTA's mission is to detect fraud, waste, 
abuse, and instances of compromised employee integrity, including 
criminal misconduct. Mission success depends in large part on the 
willingness of the public and Internal Revenue Service employees to 
report suspected improper or potentially criminal conduct. New routine 
use (12) will permit TIGTA officials to apprise complainants and/or 
victims, or their representatives, of the status or results of the 
investigation or case arising from the matters of which they complained 
or were the victim, and, once a subject had exhausted all reasonable 
appeals, any action taken.
    This new routine use is consistent with the purposes for which the 
information is collected in this system. Like other executive branch 
components, TIGTA has responsibilities to protect individuals' privacy. 
Providing upon request the limited information proposed here maintains 
an appropriate balance between the right to privacy of the individual 
being investigated and the interests of the public and complainant/
victim in ensuring that TIGTA appropriately handled the allegations 
made.
    The report of an altered system of records, as required by 5 U.S.C. 
552a(r) of the Privacy Act, has been submitted to the Committee on 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the 
Office of Management and Budget, pursuant to Appendix I to OMB Circular 
A-130, ``Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About 
Individuals,'' dated November 30, 2000.
    TIGTA proposes to alter system of records Treasury/DO .311-TIGTA 
Office of Investigations Files, as follows:
Treasury/DO .311

System Name:
    TIGTA Office of Investigations Files.
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Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories 
of Users and Purposes of Such Uses:
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    Description of change: The period ``.'' at the end of routine use 
(11) is replaced with a semicolon ``;'', and the following routine use 
is added at the end thereof:

    ``(12) Disclose information to complainants, victims, or their 
representatives (defined for purposes here to be a complainant's or 
victim's legal counsel or a Senator or Representative whose 
assistance the complainant or victim has solicited) concerning the 
status and/or results of the investigation or case arising from the 
matters of which they complained and/or of which they were a victim, 
including, once the investigative subject has exhausted all 
reasonable appeals, any action taken. Information concerning the 
status of the investigation or case is limited strictly to whether 
the investigation or case is open or closed. Information concerning 
the results of the investigation or case is limited strictly to 
whether the allegations made in the complaint were substantiated or 
were not substantiated and, if the subject has exhausted all 
reasonable appeals, any action taken.''
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    Dated: November 16, 2005.
Sandra L. Pack,
Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-23241 Filed 11-23-05; 8:45 am]
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