[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 198 (Friday, October 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60533-60536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16951]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services


Privacy Act of 1974; Report of a Modified or Altered System

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

ACTION: Notice of a Modified or Altered System of Records (SOR).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 
1974, we are proposing to modify or alter an existing SOR, ``Record of 
Individuals Allowed Regular and Special Parking Privileges at the 
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) Building (PRKG), System No. 
09-70-3004.'' Notice for this system was published at 65 Federal 
Register (Fed. Reg.) 59193, October 4, 2000. The name of the Agency has 
been changed from HCFA to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Administration (CMS). We will modify the system name to read: ``Record 
of Individuals Allowed Regular and Special Parking Privileges at the 
CMS Building (PRKG).'' We propose to assign a new CMS identification 
number to this system to simplify the obsolete and confusing numbering 
system originally designed to identify the Bureau, Office, or Center 
that maintained information in the HCFA systems of records. The new 
assigned identifying number for this system should read: System No. 09-
70-0515.
    We propose to modify existing routine use number 1 that permits 
disclosure to agency contractors and consultants to include disclosure 
to CMS grantees who perform a task for the agency. CMS grantees, 
charged with completing projects or activities that require CMS data to 
carry out that activity, are classified separate from CMS contractors 
and/or consultants. The modified routine use will remain as routine use 
number 1. We will delete routine use number 2 authorizing disclosure to 
support constituent requests made to a congressional representative. If 
an authorization for the disclosure has been obtained from the data 
subject, then no routine use is needed. The Privacy Act allows for 
disclosures with the ``prior written consent'' of the data subject.
    We are modifying the language in the remaining routine uses to 
provide a proper explanation as to the need for the routine use and to 
provide clarity to CMS's intention to disclose individual-specific 
information contained in this system. The routine uses will then be 
prioritized and reordered according to their usage. We will also take 
the opportunity to update any sections of the system that were affected 
by the recent reorganization or because of the impact of the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) 
(Public Law (Pub. L.) 108-173) provisions and to update language in the 
administrative sections to correspond with language used in other CMS 
SORs.
    The primary purpose of the system of records is to collect and 
maintain information on all CMS employees, non-CMS employees, 
contractors, employees of other Federal agencies, visitors, and others 
who require parking privileges at CMS complex at Baltimore, Maryland. 
Information retrieved from this system will also be disclosed to: (1) 
Support regulatory, reimbursement, and policy functions performed 
within the agency or by a contractor, consultant or grantee; and, (2) 
support litigation involving the agency. We have provided background 
information about the modified system in the Supplementary Information 
section below. Although the Privacy Act requires only that CMS provide 
an opportunity for interested persons to comment on the proposed 
routine uses, CMS invites comments on all portions of this notice. See 
Effective Dates section for comment period.

DATES: Effective Dates: CMS filed a modified or altered system report 
with the Chair of the House Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & 
Governmental Affairs, and the Administrator, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on October 5, 
2006. To ensure that all parties have adequate time in which to 
comment, the modified system, including routine uses, will become 
effective 30 days from the publication of the notice, or 40 days from 
the date it was submitted to OMB and Congress, whichever is later, 
unless CMS receives comments that require alterations to this notice.

ADDRESSES: The public should address comments to: CMS Privacy Officer, 
Division of Privacy Compliance, Enterprise Architecture and Strategy 
Group, Office of Information Services, CMS, Room N2-04-27, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850. Comments received 
will be available for review at this location, by appointment, during 
regular business hours, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 
eastern time zone.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristina Raitch-Zaruba, Physical 
Security Specialist, Emergency Resources Management and Response Group, 
Office of Operations Management, CMS, Room SLL-11-08, CMS, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850. Ms. Zaruba can be 
reached by telephone at 410-786-0837, or via e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Description of the Modified or Altered System of Records

A. Statutory and Regulatory Basis for System of Records

    Authority for maintenance of this system is given under Title 5 
United States Code Sec.  301.

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B. Scope of the Data Collected

    The system will collect information on all CMS employees, non-CMS 
employees, contractors, employees of other Federal agencies, visitors, 
and others who require parking privileges at the CMS complex in 
Baltimore. The information collected will include, but is not limited 
to, the name, social security number, parking permit number, telephone 
number, work location, position, title and grade, supervisor's name and 
telephone number and background information relating to medical or 
specific parking needs.

II. Collection and Maintenance of Data in the System

A. Agency Policies, Procedures, and Restrictions on the Routine Use

    The Privacy Act permits us to disclose information without an 
individual's consent if the information is to be used for a purpose 
that is compatible with the purpose(s) for which the information was 
collected. Any such disclosure of data is known as a ``routine use.'' 
The government will only release PRKG information that can be 
associated with an individual as provided for under ``Section III. 
Proposed Routine Use Disclosures of Data in the System.'' Both 
identifiable and non-identifiable data may be disclosed under a routine 
use.
    We will only collect the minimum personal data necessary to achieve 
the purpose of PRKG. CMS has the following policies and procedures 
concerning disclosures of information that will be maintained in the 
system. Disclosure of information from this system will be approved 
only to the extent necessary to accomplish the purpose of the 
disclosure and only after CMS:
    1. Determines that the use or disclosure is consistent with the 
reason that the data is being collected; e.g., to implement the 
regulations and directives that established those Federal workers and 
other authorized personnel will be issued parking permits for the CMS 
complex.
    2. Determines:
    a. That the purpose for which the disclosure is to be made can only 
be accomplished if the record is provided in individually identifiable 
form;
    b. That the purpose for which the disclosure is to be made is of 
sufficient importance to warrant the potential effect and/or risk on 
the privacy of the individual that additional exposure of the record 
might bring; and
    c. That there is a strong probability that the proposed use of the 
data would in fact accomplish the stated purpose(s).
    3. Requires the information recipient to:
    a. Establish administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to 
prevent unauthorized use of disclosure of the record; and
    b. Remove or destroy at the earliest time all patient-identifiable 
information.
    4. Determines that the data are valid and reliable.

III. Proposed Routine Use Disclosures of Data in the System

    A. The Privacy Act allows us to disclose information without an 
individual's consent if the information is to be used for a purpose 
that is compatible with the purpose(s) for which the information was 
collected. Any such compatible use of data is known as a ``routine 
use.'' The proposed routine uses in this system meet the compatibility 
requirement of the Privacy Act. We are proposing to establish the 
following routine use disclosures of information maintained in the 
system:
    1. To support agency contractors, consultants or grantees who have 
been engaged by the agency to assist in the performance of a service 
related to this system and who need to have access to the records in 
order to perform the activity.
    We contemplate disclosing information under this routine use only 
in situations in which CMS may enter into a contractual or similar 
agreement with a third party to assist in accomplishing CMS function 
relating to purposes for this system.
    CMS occasionally contracts out some of its functions when doing so 
would contribute to more effective and efficient operations. CMS must 
be able to give a contractor, consultant or grantee whatever 
information is necessary for the contractor, consultant or grantee to 
fulfill its duties. In these situations, safeguards are provided in the 
contract prohibiting the contractor or consultant from using or 
disclosing the information for any purpose other than that described in 
the contract and requires the contractor, consultant or grantee to 
return or destroy all information at the completion of the contract.
    2. To support the Department of Justice (DOJ), court or 
adjudicatory body when:
    a. The agency or any component thereof, or
    b. Any employee of the agency in his or her official capacity, or
    c. Any employee of the agency in his or her individual capacity 
where the DOJ has agreed to represent the employee, or
    d. The United States Government is a party to litigation or has an 
interest in such litigation, and by careful review, CMS determines that 
the records are both relevant and necessary to the litigation and that 
the use of such records by the DOJ, court or adjudicatory body is 
compatible with the purpose for which the agency collected the records.
    Whenever CMS is involved in litigation, and occasionally when 
another party is involved in litigation and CMS' policies or operations 
could be affected by the outcome of the litigation, CMS would be able 
to disclose information to the DOJ, court or adjudicatory body 
involved.

IV. Safeguards

    CMS has safeguards in place for authorized users and monitors such 
users to ensure against excessive or unauthorized use. Personnel having 
access to the system have been trained in the Privacy Act and 
information security requirements. Employees who maintain records in 
this system are instructed not to release data until the intended 
recipient agrees to implement appropriate management, operational and 
technical safeguards sufficient to protect the confidentiality, 
integrity and availability of the information and information systems 
and to prevent unauthorized access.
    This system will conform to all applicable Federal laws and 
regulations and Federal, HHS, and CMS policies and standards as they 
relate to information security and data privacy. These laws and 
regulations include but are not limited to: the Privacy Act of 1974; 
the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002; the Computer 
Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986; the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act of 1996; the E-Government Act of 2002, the Clinger-
Cohen Act of 1996; the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, and the 
corresponding implementing regulations. OMB Circular A-130, Management 
of Federal Resources, Appendix III, Security of Federal Automated 
Information Resources also applies. Federal, HHS, and CMS policies and 
standards include but are not limited to: All pertinent NIST 
publications; the HHS Automated Information Systems Security Handbook 
and the CMS Information Security Handbook.

V. Effects of the Modified System of Records on Individual Rights

    CMS proposes to modify this system in accordance with the 
principles and requirements of the Privacy Act and will

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collect, use, and disseminate information only as prescribed therein. 
Data in this system will be subject to the authorized releases in 
accordance with the routine uses identified in this system of records.
    CMS will take precautionary measures (see item IV above) to 
minimize the risks of unauthorized access to the records and the 
potential harm to individual privacy or other personal or property 
rights of patients whose data are maintained in the system. CMS will 
collect only that information necessary to perform the system's 
functions. In addition, CMS will make disclosure from the proposed 
system only with consent of the subject individual, or his/her legal 
representative, or in accordance with an applicable exception provision 
of the Privacy Act. CMS, therefore, does not anticipate an unfavorable 
effect on individual privacy as a result of information relating to 
individuals.

    Dated: October 4, 2006.
Charlene Friaaera,
Acting Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services.
System No. 09-70-0515

SYSTEM NAME:
    ``Record of Individuals Allowed Regular and Special Parking 
Privileges at the CMS Complex (PRKG),'' HHS/CMS/OOM.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    Level Three Privacy Act Sensitive Data.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Data Center, 7500 
Security Boulevard, North Building, First Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 
21244-1850 and the Office of Operations Management, South Building, 
Lower Level, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    The collected information on all CMS employees and non-CMS 
employees, contractors, employees of another Federal agency, visitors, 
and others who require parking privileges at the CMS buildings.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    This system contains the collected information on all Federal 
employees at CMS buildings, i.e., will contain name, social security 
number, parking permit number, telephone number, work location, 
position, title and grade, supervisor's name and telephone number and 
background information relating to medical or specific parking needs.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    Authority for maintenance of this system is given under Title 5 
United States Code Sec.  301.

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    The primary purpose of the system of records is to collect and 
maintain information on all CMS employees, non-CMS employees, 
contractors, employees of other Federal agencies, visitors, and others 
who require parking privileges at the CMS complex at Baltimore, 
Maryland. Information retrieved from this system will also be disclosed 
to: (1) Support regulatory, reimbursement, and policy functions 
performed within the agency or by a contractor, consultant or grantee; 
and (2) support litigation involving the agency.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OR USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    A. The Privacy Act allows us to disclose information without an 
individual's consent if the information is to be used for a purpose 
that is compatible with the purpose(s) for which the information was 
collected. Any such compatible use of data is known as a ``routine 
use.'' The proposed routine uses in this system meet the compatibility 
requirement of the Privacy Act. We are proposing to establish the 
following routine use disclosures of information maintained in the 
system:
    1. To support agency contractors, consultants or grantees who have 
been engaged by the agency to assist in the performance of a service 
related to this system and who need to have access to the records in 
order to perform the activity.
    2. To support the Department of Justice (DOJ), court or 
adjudicatory body when:
    a. The agency or any component thereof, or
    b. Any employee of the agency in his or her official capacity, or
    c. Any employee of the agency in his or her individual capacity 
where the DOJ has agreed to represent the employee, or
    d. The United States Government is a party to litigation or has an 
interest in such litigation, and by careful review, CMS determines that 
the records are both relevant and necessary to the litigation and that 
the use of such records by the DOJ, court or adjudicatory body is 
compatible with the purpose for which the agency collected the records.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, 
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
    Information is maintained on paper, computer diskette and on 
magnetic storage media.

RETRIEVABILITY:
    Name and parking permit identification number are used to retrieve 
the records.

SAFEGUARDS:
    CMS has safeguards in place for authorized users and monitors such 
users to ensure against excessive or unauthorized use. Personnel having 
access to the system have been trained in the Privacy Act and 
information security requirements. Employees who maintain records in 
this system are instructed not to release data until the intended 
recipient agrees to implement appropriate management, operational and 
technical safeguards sufficient to protect the confidentiality, 
integrity and availability of the information and information systems 
and to prevent unauthorized access.
    This system will conform to all applicable Federal laws and 
regulations and Federal, HHS, and CMS policies and standards as they 
relate to information security and data privacy. These laws and 
regulations include but are not limited to: the Privacy Act of 1974; 
the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002; the Computer 
Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986; the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act of 1996; the E-Government Act of 2002, the Clinger-
Cohen Act of 1996; the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, and the 
corresponding implementing regulations. OMB Circular A-130, Management 
of Federal Resources, Appendix III, Security of Federal Automated 
Information Resources also applies. Federal, HHS, and CMS policies and 
standards include but are not limited to: All pertinent NIST 
publications; the HHS Automated Information Systems Security Handbook 
and the CMS Information Security Handbook.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
    All records are destroyed one year after parking privileges are 
terminated.

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:
    Director, Emergency Resources Management and Response Group, Office 
of Operations Management, CMS, Room SLL-11-08, CMS, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

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NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
    For purposes of access, the subject individual should write to the 
system manager who will require the system name, parking permit number, 
and for verification purposes, the subject individual's name (woman's 
maiden name, if applicable) and Social Security number (SSN). 
Furnishing the SSN is voluntary, but it may make searching for a record 
easier and prevent delay.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE:
    For purposes of access, use the same procedures outlined in 
Notification Procedures above. Requestors should also reasonably 
specify the record contents being sought. (These procedures are in 
accordance with Department regulation 45 CFR 5b.5(a)(2)).

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    The subject individual should contact the system manager named 
above, and reasonably identify the record and specify the information 
to be contested. State the corrective action sought and the reasons for 
the correction with supporting justification. (These procedures are in 
accordance with Department regulation 45 CFR 5b.7).

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Sources of information contained in this system are received from 
the individual requesting parking privileges on CMS Form 182.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:
    None.

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