[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 127 (Monday, July 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37937-37938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10346]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Office of Public Health and Science; Privacy Act of 1974; New 
System of Records

AGENCY: Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Program, Office of Force Readiness 
and Deployment (OFRD), Office of the Surgeon General (OSG), Office of 
Public Health and Science (OPHS), Office of the Secretary, Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notification of new system of records.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act, the 
Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) is publishing notice of a 
proposal to add a new system of records, 09-90-0160, ``Medical Reserve 
Corps Unit Information, HHS/OPHS/OSG.''

DATES: OPHS invites interested parties to submit comments on the 
proposed internal and routine uses on or before August 2, 2006. As of 
the date of publication of this Notice, OPHS has sent a Report of New 
System of Records to Congress and to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB). The New System of Records will be effective 40 days from 
the date submitted to OMB unless OPHS receives comments that would 
result in a contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Please address comments to Privacy Act Officer, 200 
Independence Ave., SW., Room 645F, Washington, DC 20201. (202) 690-
7453.
    Comments received will be available for inspection at this same 
address from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Medical Reserve Corps 
Program, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of Health and Human 
Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18C-14, Rockville, MD 20857. (301) 
443-4951.



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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    The Office of the Surgeon General is developing a new system of 
records, 09-90-0160, ``Medical Reserve Corps Unit Information, HHS/
OPHS/OSG,'' that will collect and maintain information about MRC units 
registered with the OSG/MRC program office. Information gathered will 
include unit demographics, contact information (regular and emergency), 
volunteer numbers, activity updates and samples of best practices/
lessons learned. MRC unit leaders are asked to update this information 
at least quarterly. In addition, information pertaining to MRC members 
who are able and willing to be utilized outside their local 
jurisdiction will be collected (this subset of the MRC will be known as 
the ``PHS Auxiliary'').
    Appropriate safeguards are in place to protect the integrity and 
privacy of the system. Access to records is limited to MRC program 
staff, and contractors, consultants or grantees who have been engaged 
by the Department to assist with the MRC program and who need access to 
the records in order to perform the activity. All computer equipment 
and files are stored in areas where fire and life safety codes are 
strictly enforced, and computer networks and web-accessible systems are 
password protected.
    It is anticipated that disclosure may be made to U.S. Government 
employees, as well as to contractors, consultants or grantees, who have 
been engaged by the Department to assist with the MRC program. Routine 
uses of the collected data will allow for the successful coordination 
of the program, and adequate reporting to applicable agencies/
organizations.
    This system of records is required to comply with the 
implementation directives of the Act, Public Law 108-20.
    The following notice is written in the present tense, rather than 
in the future tense, in order to avoid the unnecessary expenditure of 
public funds to republish the notice after the system becomes 
effective.

    Dated: June 23, 2006.
John O. Agwunobi,
ADM, USPHS, Assistant Secretary for Health.
[FR Doc. E6-10346 Filed 6-30-06; 8:45 am]
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