[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11938-11939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4244]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of the Secretary


Published Privacy Impact Assessments on the Web

AGENCY: Privacy Office, Office of the Secretary, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: Notice of Publication of Privacy Impact Assessments.

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SUMMARY: The Privacy Office of the Department of Homeland Security is 
making available nine (9) Privacy Impact Assessments on various 
programs and systems in the Department. These assessments were approved 
and published on the Privacy Office's Web site between July 1, 2007 and 
September 30, 2007.

DATES: The Privacy Impact Assessments will be available on the DHS Web 
site until May 5, 2008, after which they may be obtained by contacting 
the DHS Privacy Office (contact information below).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hugo Teufel III, Chief Privacy 
Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Mail Stop 0550, Washington, 
DC 20528, or e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: July 1, 2007 and September 30, 2007, the 
Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 
approved and published nine (9) Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) on 
the DHS Privacy Office Web site, http://www.dhs.gov/privacy, under the 
link for ``Privacy Impact Assessments.'' Below is a short summary of 
each of those systems, including the DHS component responsible for the 
system, the name of the system, and the date on which the PIA was 
approved. Additional information can be found on the Web site or by 
contacting the Privacy Office.

    System: Secure Border Initiative-net.
    Component: Customs and Border Protection.
    Date of approval: July 20, 2007.
    The Secure Border Initiative-net (SBInet) is a DHS Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) system designed to detect, identify, apprehend, 
and remove illegal entrants to the U.S. on and between the Ports of 
Entry (POE). This PIA addresses Project 28, which is a concept 
demonstration prototype for the SBInet program. Project 28 focuses on a 
28 mile border segment surrounding the Sasabe, Arizona POE. This PIA 
has been conducted because SBInet collects and processes personally 
identifiable information (PII).

    System: Arrival and Departure Information System.
    Component: U.S. VISIT.
    Date of approval: August 1, 2007.
    The PIA for the Arrival and Departure Information System (ADIS) 
describes changes to ADIS corresponding to the publication of a new 
ADIS System of Records Notice (SORN). As now proposed, ADIS will be a 
DHS-wide system to serve certain programs, including those of the 
intelligence community, that require information, in support of the DHS 
mission, on individuals who seek to enter or who have arrived in or 
departed from the United States. US-VISIT conducted this PIA update 
based on these proposed changes.

    System: Automated Targeting System.
    Component: Customs and Border Protection.
    Date of approval: August 3, 2007.
    CBP has developed the Automated Targeting System (ATS). ATS is one 
of the most advanced targeting systems in the world. Using a common 
approach for data management, analysis, rules-based risk management, 
and user interfaces, ATS supports all CBP mission areas and the data 
and rules specific to those areas. CBP updated and republished the PIA 
in conjunction with the SORN and the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) for Privacy Act exemptions that was published on August 6, 2007 
in the Federal Register.

    System: Advanced Passenger Information System Update for Final 
Rule.
    Component: Customs and Border Protection.
    Date of approval: August 9, 2007.
    CBP issued a Final Rule to amend regulations governing the 
submission of Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS) data by 
commercial aircraft and vessels prior to departing for or from the 
United States and for crew member (and certain non crew-member) data 
for commercial aircraft overflying the United States. CBP published a 
PIA and an associated SORN and NPRM for Privacy Act exemptions for 
APIS.

    System: Secure Flight Program.
    Component: Transportation Security Administration.
    Date of approval: August 9, 2007.
    The Secure Flight Program is intended to match identifying 
information of aviation passengers and certain non-travelers against 
the consolidated and integrated terrorist watch list maintained by the 
Federal Government in a consistent and accurate manner, while 
minimizing false matches and protecting personally identifiable 
information. The program, this PIA, the associated SORN, and the NPRM 
are expected to change in response to public comment. A revised PIA and 
if necessary a revised SORN will be issued in conjunction with the 
Final Rule for Secure Flight.

    System: Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) Land and Sea 
Rule.
    Component: Customs and Border Protection.
    Date of approval: August 10, 2007.
    CBP, in conjunction with the Bureau of Consular Affairs at the 
Department of State, published a notice of proposed rulemaking to 
notify the public of how they intend to implement the WHTI for sea and 
land ports of entry. The proposed rule, would remove the current 
regulatory exceptions to the passport requirement provided under 
sections 212(d)(4)(B) and 215(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(INA). The PIA discusses the privacy impact of the program.

    System: Verification Information System Update.
    Component: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
    Date of approval: September 5, 2007.
    United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provides 
immigration status verification services for benefit determinations and 
employment authorization through its Verification Division. Presently, 
two programs exist to implement this mandate: the Systematic Alien 
Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program for government benefits 
and the Employment Eligibility Verification/Basic Pilot Program, 
recently renamed ``E-Verify,'' for employment authorization for all 
newly hired employees. The Verification Information System (VIS) is a 
composite information system incorporating data from various Department 
of Homeland Security databases and functions as the underlying 
information technology that

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supports these programs. USCIS is amending the PIA dated April 1, 2007 
to describe updates to VIS that will improve the ability of USCIS to 
provide limited citizenship and immigration information to users of 
SAVE and E-Verify.

    System: Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) Update For 
Customs and Border Protection's General Aviation Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking.
    Component: Customs and Border Protection.
    Date of approval: September 11, 2007.
    This is an update to the previous APIS PIA (August 8, 2007) to 
discuss an expansion of the scope of the APIS data collection to 
include non-commercial aviation. In conjunction with this update, CBP 
published a NPRM that proposing to amend the CBP regulations contained 
in 19 CFR Part 122 to address the advance electronic submission of 
information for private aircraft arriving in and departing from the 
United States.

    System: Personnel Security Activities Management System.
    Component: Office of Security.
    Date of approval: September 12, 2007.
    The Department of Homeland Security Office of Security uses the 
Personnel Security Activities Management System (PSAMS) to automate the 
tracking of the status of Personnel Security related activities at DHS 
headquarters.

Hugo Teufel III,
Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E8-4244 Filed 3-4-08; 8:45 am]
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