[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 117 (Friday, June 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 34684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14714]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Revision of Privacy Act Systems of Records.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the United States Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) is revising one Privacy Act (PA) system of records 
and deleting two systems of records maintained by the Agricultural 
Research Service (ARS).

EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice will be adopted without further publication 
in the Federal Register on July 28, 2010 unless modified by a 
subsequent notice to incorporate comments received from the public. 
Comments must be received by the contact person listed below on or 
before July 19, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stasia Hutchison, FOIA/PA Officer, 
ARS, REE, USDA, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705-5128; 
Telephone (301) 504-1655; Facsimile (301) 504-1647; Electronic Mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the PA, 5 U.S.C. 552a, USDA 
hereby takes the following action:
    I. One system of records is being revised for the following 
reasons:
    1. USDA/ARS-2, Research Medical Records System on Patients and 
Human Volunteers Participating in Research at the ARS Human Nutrition 
Research Centers in Grand Forks, Beltsville, and San Francisco, USDA/
ARS is being revised. The purpose of this revision to the system of 
records is to change the system designation from USDA/ARS-2 to USDA/
ARS-1; identify changes in the system name, system location, and 
categories of individuals covered by the system; update the purpose, 
safeguards, retention and disposal, system manager and address, and 
record access procedures; modify the routine uses by adding three 
relating to security breaches, disclosure to National Archives and 
Records Administration, and disclosure to contractors; and to add the 
following sections: security classification, agency official 
responsible for system of records, disclosure to consumer reporting 
agencies, and exemptions claimed for the system.
    II. Two systems are being deleted as follows:
    1. USDA/ARS-1, Solicitation of Bids or Proposals for Procurement 
Contracts, is being deleted as the records no longer meet the 
requirements for a Privacy Act system of records. USDA/ARS-5, ARS 
Health and Fitness Center, is being deleted as the records are no 
longer relevant and necessary to accomplish a purpose of the Agency. 
The records no longer exist. A Privacy Act Systems Report relating to 
the proposed changes was sent to the Administrator, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget; 
Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 
United States Senate; and Chairman, Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives on June 9, 2010.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on June 9, 2010.
Thomas J. Vilsack,
Secretary of Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 2010-14714 Filed 6-17-10; 8:45 am]
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