[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3907-3908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-805]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. PA-34; File No. S7-02-06]


Privacy Act of 1974: Establishment of a New System of Records: 
Visitor Badge and Employee Day Pass System (SEC-52)

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission.

ACTION: Notice of the establishment of a new system of records.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 
1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Securities and Exchange Commission 
gives notice of a proposed Privacy Act system of records: ``Visitor 
Badge and Employee Day Pass System (SEC-52).'' This system of records 
will contain, among other things, records of Commission visitors, 
employee day pass information and records related to the status of 
trackable (special handling) mail.

DATES: The new system will become effective March 6, 2006 unless 
further notice is given. The Commission will publish a new notice if 
the effective date is delayed to review comments or if changes are made 
based on comment received. To be assured of consideration, comments 
should be received on or before February 23, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/other.shtml); or
     Send an e-mail to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number S7-02-06 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Nancy M. Morris, 
Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20549-9303.
All submissions should refer to File Number S7-02-06. This file number 
should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To help us 
process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one 
method. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission's 
Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/other.shtml). Comments are 
also available for public inspection and copying in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549. All 
comments received will be posted without change; we do not edit 
personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit 
only information that you wish to make available publicly.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara A. Stance, Chief Privacy 
Officer, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Operations Center, 
6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312-2413, (202) 551-7209.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission gives notice of the proposed 
establishment of a new system of records, entitled ``Visitor Badge and 
Employee Day Pass System (SEC-52).'' The new system will contain 
records of Commission visitors, employee day pass information and 
records related to the status of trackable (special handling) mail.
    The Commission has submitted a report of the new system of records 
to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 
the House Committee on Government Reform, and the Office of Management 
and Budget, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as 
amended, and Appendix I to OMB Circular A-130, ``Federal Agency 
Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Individuals,'' as 
amended on February 20, 1996 (61 FR 6435).
    Accordingly, the Commission is adding a new system of records to 
read as follows:
SEC-52

SYSTEM NAME:
    Visitor Badge and Employee Day Pass System.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20549.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    Visitors from the public, other Federal agencies, Commission 
employees who require a Day Pass and Commission employees who pre-
register or authorize visitors. The system also covers individuals or 
organizations that send and/or deliver trackable mail to the Commission 
(e.g., express mail, courier mail, or other forms of mail that is 
tracked from the sender to the recipient).

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    Records may include name, photograph, signature, company name, the 
number of the printed badge issued for each visit, visitor category, 
business phone number, fax number, address, e-mail address, Web site if 
available, other information from scanned business cards, and the 
location, date, and time of entry to the secure Commission facility. 
Records will also include the following information from scanned 
driver's licenses: Date of birth, weight, height, color of hair and 
eyes, date of expiration, and issuing jurisdiction (license numbers 
will not be saved in the system). Further information contained within 
the system will be the name and title of the person being visited, the 
reason for the visit to the facility, notation of approved parking, and 
the name, phone number and e-mail address of Commission personnel 
requesting authorization for the visitor access. The system will 
maintain check in and check out times, current status of visitor, and a 
custom ID number assigned sequentially by the system software for each 
visitor record. The software system and data base has a module for 
tracking packages as well. Records include package check in time, 
quantity of packages, name of employee to whom the package is 
addressed, location of package, sender's name, type of package, added 
description (if appropriate), carrier/agent delivering the package, 
time and name of person to whom package is delivered (final destination 
within the Commission), and a custom ID number assigned sequentially by 
the system software for each visitor record.

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AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    5 U.S.C. 301 and Executive Order 13231 of October 16, 2001 on 
Critical Infrastructure Protection.

PURPOSE(S):
    This system was primarily designed to permit access to Commission 
facilities by public visitors and representatives from other Federal 
agencies. It is also used to issue day passes for Commission staff 
members or contract employees who are not presently in possession of 
their ID and need to enter the workplace to perform their duties. The 
system is further used to record and monitor the status of trackable 
(special handling) mail.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSE OF SUCH USES:
    These records and information contained in these records may be 
disclosed as follows:
    (1) To the appropriate Federal, State or local agency responsible 
for investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or implementing a statute, 
rule, regulation, or order, where the Commission or other appropriate 
Federal, State or local agency may be aware of an indication of an 
actual or potential health, safety or national security concern or a 
violation or potential violation of civil or criminal law or 
regulation;
    (2) To another Federal agency, in connection with a court 
proceeding when the Government is party to a proceeding before the 
court or to an adjudicative tribunal when the Government is appearing 
in a proceeding before that tribunal;
    (3) To a Federal, State, or local agency, in response to its 
requests, in connection with the hiring or retention of an employee, 
the issuance of a security clearance, or the conducting of a security 
or background investigation of an individual, to the extent that the 
information is relevant and necessary to the requesting agency;
    (4) To the Office of the Inspector General for investigating 
allegations of abuse or misconduct, or to perform other functions 
within the jurisdiction of the Office of the Inspector General; and
    (5) To the Commission Security Branch and/or the Office of the 
Inspector General in routine and ad hoc reports to review visitor and 
day pass activity and to assess compliance with established security 
procedures and policies.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, 
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
    Records are maintained in a computerized database and on paper. 
Paper documents are kept in filing cabinets in secured facilities.

RETRIEVABILITY:
    By use of a database, records may be retrieved by the individual's 
name, date of visit and/or badge number (as printed in the form of a 
bar code on the badge).

SAFEGUARDS:
    Records are safeguarded by restricted computer passwords, locked 
file cabinets, and safes.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
    Records are maintained in a computerized database and on paper. 
Printed badges, and returned passes (and corresponding electronic 
records) are destroyed three months after expiration, revocation, or 
return to issuing office, as provided in the National Archives and 
Records Administration's General Records Schedule No. 11, Item 4.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
    Chief of Security Branch, Office of Administrative Services, 
Security Branch, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20549-1627.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
    All requests to determine whether this system of records contains a 
record pertaining to the requesting individual may be directed to the 
Privacy Act Officer, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 
Operations Center, 6432 General Green Way, Mail Stop 0-7, Alexandria, 
VA 22312-2413.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    Persons wishing to obtain information on the procedures for gaining 
access to or contesting the contents of this record may contact the 
Privacy Act Officer, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 
Operations Center, 6432 General Green Way, Mail Stop 0-7, Alexandria, 
VA 22312-2413.

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES:
    See record access procedures above.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Information is provided by the visitor seeking access to Commission 
facilities to meet with Commission employees or contractors, by 
Commission employees who pre-register visitors, and by Commission 
employees or badged contractors who do not have their ID and yet seek 
access to their workplace for official business. Additionally, 
information is provided by individuals sending trackable (special 
handling) mail. Information is further provided by carriers and/or 
agents that deliver such mail. Persons who decline to provide the 
requested information will be denied access.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:
    None.

    Date: January 18, 2006.

    By the Commission.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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